Reviews
We Have Come to Testify
An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Rahawan
Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
La Ruta de la Pantera
Having borrowed their album's title (‘The Way of the Panther’) from a Marvel comic, and previously reinvented Henry Mancini's Pink...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015
Rough Guide to Bellydance
Finger cymbals? Check. Hip scarves, fan veil, belly button jewel? Check. The second edition of the Rough Guide to Bellydance...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Chicago Barn Dance
It's safe to say that every country music fan has heard of the Grand Ole Opry. What few people know...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
One for the Road
Session A9 are made up of road veterans of Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Boys of the Lough and Fiddlers’ Bid. You...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Anthologie
An energetic and multi-talented singer and lutenist, Lili Boniche was born in the Jewish sector of the Algiers Casbah in1921...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013
Straight Allons
Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers
Kyle Huval is a 20-something Cajun accordionist from Eunice, Louisiana. Straight Allons is his second album and proves as refreshing...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017
Blue Lotus the Awakening
Mau Power (aka Patrick Mau) hails from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait – that chain of Australian islands between...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
