Reviews
Ship to Shore
It’s been a fair few years since Thompson’s previous set, 2018’s excellent 13 Rivers. Here it’s more a case of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
Inner Spaces
Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
The latest release from Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and composer and sound artist Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025
Ajdad – Ancestors (Echoes of Persia)
Another record from a Western-based Iranian musician with the same familiar themes: mystical song titles, cross-cultural collaboration and, of course,...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: February/March/2025
The Rough Guide to Flamenco
It is a huge challenge to do justice to an entire culture with a single CD. You have to decide...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2013
Kijombo
One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020
Between the Shadow and the Soul
Violinist Anna Phoebe is a rock and commercial music veteran best known as a member of progressive rock outfit Trans-Siberian...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Musics from Nyanza
This double-CD set is one of the most recent releases of the ever-impeccable Ocora Radio France label. Continuing the French...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016
Consonnances
Tri Nguyen & The Ilios Quartet
In zither master Tri Nguyen, Vietnam has a fine ambassador for its traditional music. This recording has a clearly defined...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Into the Raga
This disc features a duet between the two most predominant melodic instruments of Karnatic (South Indian) music: violin and the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
