Reviews
The Groove Maker
Gurdain Rayatt, a disciple of Shankar Ghosh, recorded his solo tabla recital from the Darbar Festival live at Kings Place...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Longing Kind
‘For this album I didn’t want to hide behind historical disasters and mythological beastsat the expense of my own experience,’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016
The Blue Room
A fiddler with a characteristically delicate touch, Martin Hayes has won worldwide respect for his unique take on Irish traditional...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Berlin Session
In the 1980s, Dur-Dur Band were one of Somalia's biggest groups, in high demand and performing their uniquely Somali disco...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay
It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015
Hieroglyphs that Tell the Tale
Karan Casey showcases her hybrid influences here with this Irish/American fusion. Previously with the prolific and well-known group Solas, this...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Children of the Otter
The leading Tuvan throat singing group Huun Huur Tu have made many notable collaborations over the past 25 years. However,...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2019
The Wayward Tour Live
Following on from Wayward Daughter Eliza Carthy's double-CD Best Of set, The Wayward Tour Live is a CD and DVD...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2015
Language of the Heart
Santiago Quartet with Julian Rowlands
Who exactly is playing here – and playing what – is a challenge to explain. The Santiago Quartet are UK-based...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Songs for the Trees
A rich and deeply mytho-poetic set of 13 songs drawing on Ogham (the Druidic ‘tree alphabet’) and evoking some of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2025
