Reviews
Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
Laraaji, Merz & Shahzad Ismaily
New Age zither master Laraaji began his career busking in the parks of New York, where he was ‘discovered’ by...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
On Clay Hill
This is a family album. On the face of it, it's a stripped-back, purist collection of traditional English folk songs,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Cossack Attack!
Slovak sextet Čendeš are a relatively recently formed band framed around the cimbalom (a hammered dulcimer the size of a...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Rough Guide to World Music For Children
The liner notes of this compilation of 18 tracks from World Music Network's excellent back catalogue claim that youthful listeners...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Music from Turkey
Various Artists/Sameyda Ensemble
This CD reissues two albums: a collection of field recordings by Indian ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya, issued as Turkisk Musik in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Exil-Exile
Kyriakos Kalaitzidis & En Chordais
I've had time for composer and oud player Kyriakos Kalaitzidis since I first encountered his ensemble/record label En Chordais in...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Pomegranate
Blending Western classical stylistics and compositional techniques with tunes and sonorities from a mainly Mediterranean and Eastern European catchment, Kosmos...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Outra Margem
It is a tricky path, the one Vila Navio find themselves exploring: taking Portuguese traditional music and injecting it with...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Alumaye
The second album from the Burkinabé kamalengoni player Massa Dembele has a much bigger sound compared to his mostly solo...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Variācijas
At the core of the Latvian group Lata Donga are four singers from a single family who can be heard...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
