Reviews
Les Routes de l'Esclavage 2 CDs & DVD
Sponsored by UNESCO and conceived by the Catalan musician Jordi Savall as a cultural history of slavery and a homage...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel
The dialogue between Hindustani classical and jazz music has a storied past. This latest effort to expand the lexicon draws...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Transparent Water
In October 2000 Cuban pianist Omar Sosa made his UK debut in the most inauspicious surroundings: the bar of Glasgow’s...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Last year the sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston and double bass player Jon Thorne...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Genau!
The international debut from the Italian quartet claims to represent the ‘Power Gypsy Dance’ style. What exactly this is, Baro...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Il Mese del Rosario
Breaking moulds works best when you can demonstrate you’ve nailed the mould. The first two tracks of this scintillating second...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Dža Dža Dzum
Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Hommage à Marcel Dadi
Tunisian-born French guitarist Marcel Dadi was a master of the fingerpicking style associated with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. A...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Cracks in the Room
Eased into existence via a Kickstarter campaign and produced by Chris Wood – his first production job on music other...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
