Reviews
Anthology of Kurdish Hymns
This album is more interesting for the repertoire than for its music. Kalan has always prided itself in releasing recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013
The Song of the Banjo
After a six-year hiatus, the banjo-picker, composer, Harvard graduate, former investment banker and record-label founder Alison Brown has released The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Salta!
Salta!, the debut LP from Brussels-based trio Peixe e Limão, can hardly be said to start as it means to...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: October/2025
Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration
What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022
Song of the Motherland
Back in the days before Spotify and social media, reputations were variously made through word-of-mouth, cassette tapes passed about like...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2024
The Ox and the Ax
It's the little things that count. At first, you might think there's not much to the music of this highly...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2018
The Mountain and the River
The Mountain and the River is the debut recording by Yuan Deng, an Italy-based female virtuoso of the guzheng (21-string...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo
Kick back, light a Cohiba. Open the rum. This new release from Petaluma Records is a proper deep dive into...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
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
The Yew & The Orchard
Cillian Vallely & David Doocey
The long tradition of music flowing between the east and west of Ireland’s northern counties is nimbly caught in The...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
