Reviews
Percussion Around the World
There's a feast of randomness here: a loose compilation of tracks in a multitude of styles whose music ranges from...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: April/2016
The Art of Forgetting
The Art of Forgetting is a fine showcase for Kyle Carey's speciality – ‘Gaelic Americana’ – which sounds as you...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
Rhythms of the Atlantic
Kadialy Kouyaté & Leonard Jacome
The premise of this album may seem a little familiar: a cross-cultural harp collaboration between Senegalese kora maestro Kadialy Kouyaté...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2015
Sons of the Wind
Soundwalk Collective are self-proclaimed ‘sonic nomads.’ On Sons of the Wind they travel through Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Colour of Amber
Following his terrific Nick Hart Sings… series, award-winning folk singer, musician and steward of English folk song Hart returns in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2024
A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa
Following two volumes, the first in South America, and the second spanning Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Shika Shika...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
Back to the 1780's
Joannes de Gruijtters played Antwerp's carillon (an instrument consisting of several tuned bells) in the 18th century. He compiled a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Between the Sky & Prairie
The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho
Daniel Ho is a Grammy-winning Hawaiian musician and producer, best known for his innovative work on the ukulele. On Between...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2018
FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Every musical should have a soundtrack album which can be bought by people who loved the show so much that...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2011
Corner of the Dub
Solus3's Corner of the World was a complex, layered set of pieces that owed much of its effect to its...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
