Reviews
World Music
Still in his early 30s, Australian-Egyptian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has already released a dozen albums, three of which won...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2016
Land of Gold
Land of Gold is a very personal response to the growing migration and refugee crisis. Across ten tracks, it follows...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016
Offlines Project
The musical influences of Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Iran and many other places can be heard in this intelligent collaboration from...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016
Myriad Road
The jazz album is often the second-last refuge of a career on the slide (reggae generally being the final resort...
Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: June/2016
Red Diesel
It's been a long five years since the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddler Tom Kitching and one-man-band Edwin Beasant...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
Andalusian Love Song
David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon
The most striking thing about this release is that it celebrates the often-overlooked Sephardic Jewish tradition of music that has...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
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Got Myself Together (Ten Years Later)
An interesting concept is this latest album by singer-songwriter and banjo-picker extraordinaire Edward D (for Danny) Barnes. A Texas native,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016
The Ansonia Years 1969-71
Arguably the star of Vampisoul's collection Saoco!, percussionist Rafael Cortijo is now heard here on his own compilation. The album...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2016
Cosmic Unity
There's a startling directness to Cosmic Unity, Family Atlantica's second album. Present are the same influences as their stunning 2013...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2016
Dvojka
Born in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, Damir Imamović is one of the leading names in the country's dynamic new sevdah...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016
