Reviews
Black Peak
The duo that is Xylouris White – Cretan lute player (and Greek music royalty) George Xylouris and Melbourne-born drummer (and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016
Amerli: Refugees for Refugees
Muziekpublique is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that seeks to bring together musicians from different cultures now resident in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Al Nge Taa
Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho & Omri Hason
The Swiss woodwind player Jan Galega Brönnimann plays some of the lowest clarinet you’re ever likely to experience – on...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Tractor Beam
The debut album featuring fiddler Rosie Newton and banjoist Richie Stearns was originally issued in the US in 2013, but...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2016
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
