Reviews
Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids
Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids brims with playful magic, and there’s no reason to withhold this from...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2026
Zagate
Souad Massi is moving on, yet again. Originally famed for her exquisite, folk-country influenced sad ballads in Arabic and French,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2026
Cancionera
We know Natalia Lafourcade can turn on the intimacy and intensity. On 2024’s Live at Carnegie Hall, she managed to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025
Nine Decades Vol 1
Nine Decades could easily be the most exciting new series of albums in Indian music for some time: sitar king...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012
It's Klezmer!
The title says it all really. This is a solid collection of traditional tunes with a handful of originals, including...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2016
The Final Waltz
This is the debut solo release from the award-winning fiddler and multi- instrumentalist Ciaran Algar, who is best known for...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
Ancoradouro
It is no minor achievement to have secured the blessing of Fausto Bordalo Dias. He is a key figure in...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2016
Meeting of the Legends
These are two immensely talented musicians, each highly regarded in their own fields, and it really shows in the playing...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2014
I Can Feel My Dreams
Leipzig-based saxophonist, composer and producer Damian Dalla Torre has been on the improvisation/experimental music scene for some time, working with...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: August/2024
