Reviews
Back to the Taverna
Cherry Bandora are a band from Berlin that revel in their cultural roots at the eastern end of the Mediterranean....
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
Variations for Piano and Sitar
Andrew Goldberg & Ricky Romain
Sitarist Ricky Romain has long been a stalwart of the South Asian music scene in the UK, working with musicians...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
Blackbird Returns
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of their 2013 album Blackbird, New Zealand Māori soul-dub-funk octet Fat Freddy’s Drop have put together...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2023
Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985
While reggae music has long had a reverent fanbase in Japan, the country’s musicians have generally shied away from attempting...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: November/2023
Secret Museum of Mankind – Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles Volume 1
A curio and a labour of love, Fiddles Vol 1 is a compilation in the intriguingly-named Secret Museum of Mankind...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2023
A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style
Drawn from several generations of unaccompanied traditional singers, these are freshly recorded and collected, aside from Rosie Stewart’s ‘Jug of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
Isle of the Eagle
’Isle Of The Eagle’ is a song from Achill, the largest of the isles off Ireland’s west coast, written by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
Kiği
Although he now lives in the Istanbul district of Gazi Mahallesi, an area popular with Alevi Kurds, Kiği is the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Metgharabiin (Outsiders)
Ramy Essam is known for his appearances on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, regularly in front of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023
