Reviews
The Rough Guide to Sufi Music
Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Dog With A Rope
Quantic Presenta: Flowering Inferno
He might be plain old Will Holland to the authorities, but the man known as Quantic has burned his stage...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
A Moving Sound
Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
Owerset
Surrounded by the bowed drones of Bridget Marsden's fiddle, Leif Ottosson's accordion and Morten Kvam's double bass, Sarah-Jane Summers' fiddle...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2019
The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs
Conceived by producers Paul Marsteller and Gabe Rhodes, The Beautiful Old, has a truly beautiful concept: to breathe back to...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Havana Classic
One day someone should write a feature on music tourism – me perhaps! By this, I mean groups of Brits...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
Gift
Although Eliza Carthy has sung with her mother all her life, and recorded and toured with her in Waterson: Carthy,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Listen to the Banned
You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Sunnyside
Following the release of Henry ‘Seaman’ Dan’s 2009 ‘farewell’ album Sailing Home, which won the ARIA award (Australia’s Grammys) for...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Sounds and Silence: Music for the Film
Divorced from the documentary that it soundtracks [reviewed on p103], Sounds And Silence effectively becomes a plain and simple ECM...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
