Reviews
The Butterfly
Teaming up with classical musicians has almost become a rite of passage for the accomplished traditional musician. Sometimes such collaborations...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
From Kolkata
For an album with so much variation between and within tracks, the overall cohesion Tita Nzebi achieves in this release...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
A Universe That Roasts Blossoms for a Horse
The first track on Širom's A Universe that Roasts Blossoms for a Horse sounds like an intro to an adventurous...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Mi Alegria
Eclectic composer and musician Itamar Erez's new album Mi Alegria (My Happiness) weaves a scintillating journey incorporating a vast array...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Derin Derin
Turkish psychedelic rock from the 60s seems to have been reborn from the ashes lately, with a new generation of...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Circadian
Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Chaos Theories
Hell hath no fury like a brassy sextet from Ottawa when riled. This, their ninth album since getting together in...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Culture Kin
It has been seven years since the last album from this San Francisco string quartet led by Irene Sazer (a...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Songs of Our Mothers
Recorded in Oxford with international zeal, this excellent release brings together folk songs traditionally sung by Afghan women, played here...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
The Sky is Cloudy
The group's name doesn't give much away, but the plaintive melody on the duduk that opens this album makes its...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
