Reviews
The Sacred Lute
Nour Ali Elahi (1895-1975) deserves to be much better known than he is. The fact that he has just been...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
Kjeringe i Snodrevet
The langeleik is one of the more unusual members of an instrumental family that can be loosely described as ‘plank...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Khalik Hena
There is surely no sound more richly redolent of 20th-century Arabic music than the great, swooning Egyptian orchestras that accompanied...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022
Marimba del Pacífico
Spanish-speaking South America's African music remains a largely untold story. For more than two centuries the culture of those descended...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2017
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
The extensive liner notes for this two-CD set, with lyrics, tout its achievement of ‘bringing together the music of the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023
Inconceivable Mazurkas
This is a real find: a remarkable family trio comprising Jan Malisz and his two children,12-year-old Zuzanna and 16-year-old Kacper,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2015
Habibi Funk
Subtitled ‘an eclectic selection of music from the Arab world,' the majority of the tracks on this compilation come from...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion Selected by Don Letts
The filmmaker and broadcaster Don Letts first found fame as the ‘Rebel Dread’ DJ who introduced punks to reggae at...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
Carvings
Norwegian guitarist and singer Juni Habel caused a quiet stir with her debut, with some quarters likening her to Nick...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2023
Smoke & Oakum
Scottish postman Nathan Evans was the ‘Wellerman’ who kicked off TikTok’s shanty craze, but Bristol’s Longest Johns are not far...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2022
