Reviews
Water Street
Devon-born, Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Tom Oakes created this entirely solo recording in adversity after his prized Grinter flute shattered onstage on...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2022
Tunes from the Backyard
Eva Deivert, from Värmland in Sweden, is a long-standing and highly respected fiddle player in Sweden's folk scene. Her passion...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Tutku
Kalaha + Hilal Kaya with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Danish quartet Kalaha first tackled a Turkish tune on their third album, 2019’s Mandala, which was also the first time...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022
Estudando o Samba
You will find a lot written of Tom Zé, calling him everything from a ‘cultural cannibal’ to a ‘revolutionary anarchist,’...
Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: April/2019
Guajiro Sonero
José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2023
Worlds Kaleid
With the traditional Australian folkie/ bush music scene struggling to remain relevant in recent years – the result of an...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
Sufi Trance of the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud
This album from the formidable Ensemble Al-Kindi is their first release since the untimely death of their founder Julien Jâlal...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2023
Japanese Celebration Melodies
Junnosuke Uehara, Washu Yoneya & Kisaburo Umeya
Matsuri bayashi, the celebratory festival music of Japanese prefectures, provides the core for this album, albeit reimagined for a contemporary...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2023
All My Friends
A little more than a century after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution secured American women the right to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Good is Good
This is an album of powerful instrumental jazz, based on the ancient traditional music of the Dagaare tribe and Guo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015
