Reviews
Faran
Faran is an Israeli instrumental group playing their own compositions on traditional Middle Eastern instruments, including oud (lute), kamancheh (spike...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Al-Zarqa
While the Cairo-born musician Ali Khattab is described as a flamenco guitarist, it's better to think of him simply as...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Days Distinctive
It may be coincidence, or an emerging anthropological trend, but this is the third CD to have been released in...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2012
Nordic Woman
Nordic Woman’s hauntingly beautiful opening flute melody could hail from any number of musical origins, but what follows is a...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Arv og Slarv
Norway's Tone Prize is a prestigious award for young singers. It was won two years ago by the 18-year-old Mari...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2017
Soul Tropical
The grandson of West Indians from Saint-Kitts and Martinique and now resident in Marseilles, Walters continues his exploration of Afro-Caribbean...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Here's a Health
Jess Distill, Hannah Elizabeth and Katy Pilkington discovered a mutual love of folk music after spending their school years together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018
Dub of Thrones
If you’re not into dub, this is an album that would never feature on your radar, so criticisms such as...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2015
ECHO
It’s been ten years now since Catrin Finch, the classically-trained Welsh harpist, first began working with Seckou Keita, the British-based...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
Inner World
One can imagine Bono’s wrap-around shades turning green with envy when he heard that the New Zealand duo Junelle and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
