Reviews
Gay Feet
Sonia Pottinger (1931-2010) was the pre-eminent female Jamaican record producer and label owner, her career ranging from ska to dancehall....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
In the Name of the Rose
Dastan Ensemble with Hamid Motebassem & Salar Aghili
As one of the most innovative and prolific contemporary Iranian classical music ensembles to emerge since the early 90s, Dastan...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Where the Darkness Goes
Not surprisingly, this solo album from one third of long-established Canadian folk-pop trio Po’Girl sounds not entirely dissimilar to Po’Girl,...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Songs of Jezireh
Jezireh, which means ‘island’ in Arabic, is an area of north-east Syria with a distinct identity. It lies on the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Natural Invention
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
After four decades with Steeleye Span, in 2009 fiddle player Peter Knight formed Gigspanner (the touring musician's name for that...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2020
Pete Seeger in England
For most of the 1950s, Pete Seeger was unable to travel outside the US due to the persecution of senator...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Tolika Mtoliki
A dozen years after forming as a performance art and music ensemble in Johannesburg, The Brother Moves On releases one...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: January/February/2022
Paper Airplane
Paper Airplane is the first release by Alison Krauss & Union Station since 2004's Lonely Runs Both Ways. All of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Song of the Motherland
Back in the days before Spotify and social media, reputations were variously made through word-of-mouth, cassette tapes passed about like...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2024
The Sounds of India; Improvisations; Three Ragas
This double album features three older releases by Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitar maestro who died in 2012. He took...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2015
