Reviews
Chalo
This charitable 28-track compilation aims to raise the profile of South Asian music, bringing together artists from the region and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2021
The Rough Guide to Sufi Music
Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Mean Old World
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
The Band Beyond Borders: Fertile Paradoxes
When guest Kaushiki Chakraborty launches into a three-and-a-half octave taan, the rapid virtuoso hallmark of her mesmeric Hindustani vocals, listeners...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017
Wild Tune Stray Rhythm
Song Yuzhe comes from north-east China and he is the composer of this dynamic set of songs and instrumentals. On...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
Rye Groove
Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band was born to party. Their unstoppable, urgent playing, mixed with rock-style stage performances has earned...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2015
The Canny Band
The debut album from Sam Mabbett, Michael Biggins and Callum Convoy is an exciting and fresh piece of trad fusion....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
Lotus Wight's Ode to the Banjo
Lotus Wight is the nom du guerre of Toronto native Sam Allison, a songster, folklorist, poet, fiddler, banjo historian and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2016
Dog With A Rope
Quantic Presenta: Flowering Inferno
He might be plain old Will Holland to the authorities, but the man known as Quantic has burned his stage...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Great Blue Wheel
Bergen-based but worldly in concept, Meelodi is the brain-child of Norwegian Ole Andre Farstad and Iranian Medi Farmani. On this,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2021
