Reviews
Little Universe
Only one year after their acclaimed 2020 release Songs Beyond Words, Taiwan-based group A Moving Sound return with another eclectic...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
Hope in an Empty City
Recorded in New York before the onset of COVID-19, this latest album by Egyptian/Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2021
Gold Has Worn Away
Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess
Benji Kirkpatrick is a founder member of big-band folk trailblazers Bellowhead and a current member of Faustus, but he is...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2020
Triode
Like Natacha Atlas, Laila Amezian was bom in Belgium to parents of Moroccan heritage. And like Atlas, she has spent...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
The Rough Guide to Indian Classical Music
This album features a line-up of some distinguished musicians of North and South Indian music, two distinct classical traditions. Among...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2014
Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903-1912
This remarkable collection from the always high quality label Sublime Frequencies is one of those rare ones that any music...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Truth be Told
Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016
Jota de Morir
Launched in 2018, all-female trio Marala specialise in Balearic, Valencian and Catalan musical traditions. With minimal accompaniment – staccato percussion,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2022
As Montanhas de Som
It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017
