Reviews
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
It's incredible how the tango has conquered the world – from its origins in Buenos Aires to Paris, Helsinki, Istanbul...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2023
Mỹ Lai
Kronos Quartet, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, Rinde Eckert
The Apocalypse Now image on the album cover and the title Mỹ Lai, the name of a terrible massacre of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Light as a Feather
You’ll find slapped bass, synthesizers and even (whisper it) synth-drums on this reissue. But you’ll also find memorable compositions, soaring...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2013
Rising Sun Melodies
Ola Belle Reed was born in 1916, in rural Appalachia and grew up in a family so poor they didn't...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Raajroe: The Reindeer Caravan
Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal
With the cinematic sweep of an epic, and with the steady, enduring relentlessness of the rhythms of the natural world,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2022
Dunrobin Place
It's hard not to sound like a broken record when talking about the albums of today's technically gifted, highly adept...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2013
Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok
Amazingly Muzsikás' last record, The Bartók Album, came out in 1998 and was a Top of the World in #1....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Balkan Beats: A Night in Berlin
Of the many Balkan and Gypsy compilation series out there, Robert Soko’s Balkan Beats has always stood out for its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010
Guitar Maestro
Known as much for his books on guitar playing as his virtuosity, Spanish maestro Juan Martín possesses quite a lineage....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Criollo Electrik
After leading a number of big bands in Canada, where he is based, López has switched to a small combo...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018
