Reviews
Parvat
Symphony-like in structure with three movements, Parvat is an articulation of Norwegian violinist Harpreet Bansal’s musical identity as an exponent...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022
Dialogues IV
The story of this record is so compelling that it comes as a relief that the content is equal to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2020
Stories Still Untold
Ewan McLennan continues his evolution into a major figure on the Scottish folk scene with his third album. Stories Still...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
Gaye Su Akyol delivered a superb set at this year's WOMAD that focused strongly on the new songs that populate...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018
Microfolk 1-3
Chaz Knapp, Cy Werner & Chaz Prymek
The deeply impressionistic, pointillist improvisations spread across these three wonderful collaborative cassette releases are like subtle adornments to the natural...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: December/2023
Del Canto Gitano: Music of Ancient Andalusia
The Moorish-occupied Iberian Peninsula, usually referred to as Al-Andalus, is an endless source of fascination. It was a period of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2021
Vikings Memories
SKÁLD take their name from the Norse balladeers who told tales of gods and men in the medieval past. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2020
To the Mother of Gods
Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis
Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019
Planetario
The distinctive characteristic of Novalima has always been their focus on reinvigorating Afro-Peruvian music with new electronic fusions. On their...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
