Reviews
Dor de Mar
Tcheka’s last album, Lonji, was superb and earned five stars from this reviewer. Dor de Mar is even better and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Acadian All Star Special
What a beautifully packaged project this is: a large box housing three CDs and a hardback book full of rare...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Om Suite Ohm
The latest instalment of Harry Manx’s strange journey – his ninth solo album – is an engaging affair that will...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
Aavartan – Dawn to Dusk
Kala Ramnath is both a traditionalist and an experimentalist in the Indian classical tradition. She is also quite simply one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Gonçaio Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Romeo & Leila
After the success of her critically acclaimed album of last year, Ghalia Benali Sings Oum Kalthoum, her 2006 album Romeo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Chico & Rita
The animated feature film Chico & Rita was released last year to rave reviews. Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Diversions Vol 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
When Molly Drake's poems and songs came to light they attracted some attention. There was a radio documentary, for which...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2017
Old Light: Songs from My Childhood and Other Gone Worlds
Rayna Gellert’s great-grandfather was a Hungarian-born orchestral violinist whose career path led to a gig on a transatlantic cruise ship...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus
The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
