Reviews
Como la Luna y el Sol
There is now a legion of different approaches to Sephardic song but two predominate. There’s the scholarly, supposedly authentic manner,...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2014
Uncle
Many reviewers judged the indigenous Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma's 2010 acoustic opus Countryman to be a masterpiece. The intervening years...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
Falling Out of Time
Since the Silkroad Ensemble was established by Yo-Yo Ma 20 years ago, its ever- shifting ensemble have created a global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Star Rise: Remixed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
This is the latest classic in the Real World Gold series. As such, it is a little peculiar, being a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
As Long as Songbirds Sing
Since meeting, literally on stage, at a late-night jam session in London’s West End, jazz and folk guitarist James Kitchman...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa
If time travel ever becomes a viable option, Africa during the 1960s and 70s will be a priority destination if...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2012
Turning Back
It's not often that a Middle Eastern CD comes along for review that is jointly sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2015
Dzen
There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Blackletter Garland
The Hack-Poets Guild are Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and composer and sound designer Nathaniel Mann. Working with Sound UK Arts,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2023
Find the Lady
Pauls Sartin and Hutchinson have worked as a duo for 15 years, burrowing into the sheet music and songbooks of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
