Reviews
Invisible Strings
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke
‘Classical Indian slide guitar’ isn’t a style you hear about every day – but if you’re a fan of Hindustani...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Tales from String Hill
Tales from String Hill reminded me, at times, of the record label Windham Hill, that stable of mellow, Californian acoustic...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
We are the Halluci Nation
A Tribe Called Red are at it again, transforming spiritual pow-wow vocals into slick, at times intense melodies that ride...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Ayú
Making music with their bodies is ‘what really matters,’ assert this mixed-gender 15-strong collective from São Paulo. While there are...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Join Forces
The rousing harmonies are spot-on, the melodies are gorgeous, the bluesy banjo playing is nifty and there's some excellent old-time...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Melting Pot
If you think of steel pan music as nothing but boring standards by a bored-looking busker, then Melting Pot will...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Karkadé
Egyptian-born Mohamed Abozekry is the latest in an illustrious line of oud players from the Arab world who have graced...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
The Calais Sessions
Various Artists, Featuring the Musicians of the Calais ‘Jungle’
One weekend in September 2015, a group of international musicians based in the UK visited the now-demolished refugee and migrant...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Cats, Dogs and Ghosts
Kottarashky is Nikola Gruev, a young Bulgarian composer and producer whose 2009 debut album Opa Hey! demonstrated a fluid,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Apollo You Sixteen
‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
