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Review of Nim Dong

Nim Dong

Eishan Ensemble

Art as Catharsis

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived by Australia-based Iranian tar (long-necked lute) virtuoso and composer Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble is a rare attempt in fusing...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2018

Review of SMS for Location, Vol 4

SMS for Location, Vol 4

Moonshine

FORESEEN Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

Montréal has been at the forefront of club culture in Canada for some time now: from multi-arts practice in Ausgang...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2021

Review of At Complete Ease

At Complete Ease

John Carty & Brian Rooney

Racket Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fiddler Brian Rooney first met banjoist John Carty in London in the early 1970s. At that time there was a...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011

Review of Funeral Songs

Funeral Songs

Fra Fra

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★

There's a bitter aftertaste to this album. The latest in Glitterbeat's acclaimed Hidden Musics series, it should be an absorbing...

Reviewed by Timothy Clarke-Romain in issue: June/2020

Review of The Wilderness Yet

The Wilderness Yet

The Wilderness Yet

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★

Taking their name from a line in Gerard Manley Hopkins’ nature poem ‘Inversnaid’, this Sheffield-based trio boast the vocals of...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020

Review of The No Testament

The No Testament

Sam Carter

Captain Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sam Carter released his debut album, Keepsakes, three years ago, demonstrating an advanced guitar -picking skill honed from the mentorship...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012

Review of YO

YO

Roberto Fonseca

Top of the World

Jazz Village/Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

A visual and aural treat from Havana's proudest son, who lays himself bare on YO (that's ‘I’ in Spanish) with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2012

Review of The Master

The Master

Warren Cuccurullo & Ustad Sultan Khan

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★★

The West has been actively seeking out musical meetings with the East ever since Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of The Voices and Bridges

The Voices and Bridges

Ehsan Matoori

Bright Shiny Things

Rating: ★★★★

The number of recording locations worldwide for this album is extraordinary, but perhaps that was the only way to create...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Baguala de la Siesta

Baguala de la Siesta

Las Hermanas Caronni

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★

Ex-pat Argentinians in Paris are legion and involved in all kinds of musical projects, from Gotan Project’s Eduardo Makaroff to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012

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