Reviews
Sacred World of Azerbaijani Mugham
Gochag Askarov, in his mid-30s, is the new icon of mugham, the intense classical music of Azerbaijan. He was the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Best Foot Forward
If the electric violin is an acquired taste, it is one very quickly acquired in Omar Puente's case. A classically...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records
Topic Records grew out of the Workers' Music Association and over eight decades has consistently championed music made by working...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019
Nesta
This is an album with some great intros. Rather like the slow, inquisitive alaaps that introduce a raga in Indian...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2010
Long Gone Out West Blues
Long Gone Out West Blues is a worthy sequel to Pharis and Jason Romero’s first effort, A Passing Glimpse. It...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013
Anatolian Alchemy
Arifa's second CD may not sweep you off your feet like an avalanche but, like the Pied Piper, these four...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: March/2013
Banjophonics
With tune titles including ‘Daisy’s Dance’ and ‘Happy Little Phoebe’ (Daisy and Phoebe being the names of Damien O’Kane’s two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/September/2022
Sound Therapy
French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2022
The Bone Orchard
Gavin Davenport is a folk singer gifted with a fine voice warmed by the northern vowels of Yorkshire, and the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2013
Château du Garage
This is a very strange concoction. Spöket i Köket (Ghost in the Kitchen) are a ten-piece band based in Sweden,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2019
