Reviews
Mara
LA-based Aditya Prakash began his training in Karnatic singing when he was eight years old, and he has since toured...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2016
Tanbou TouJou Lou
What a superb compilation this is. Record detective Vik Sohonie has worked as a veteran researcher, writer and editor at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016
Overtones
It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016
Magic Fire
Unlike previous Stray Birds recordings, Magic Fire is mostly devoid of anything especially magical or combustible. Produced – or, more...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2016
Ragas & Talas/India's Master Musician
This double album presents two of the earliest releases of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ragas & Talas was...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2016
Echo en México
In 1970s Peru, the cumbia beat from Colombia was given a psychedelic makeover thanks to raw electric guitars and Farfisa...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016
Warp & Weft
This album is a debut from a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks. Built on fiddle (Banks) and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016
Before We Change Our Mind
Take a handful of insanely talented Irish musicians, two accordions, guitar, fiddle, bodhrán, piano and vocals. Add 14 years of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2016
Suku: Your Life is Your Poem
German multi-instrumentalist Nils Kercher's second studio album is an international affair. His ensemble is made up of musicians from Mali,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2016
