Reviews
Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind
The 13-track setlist for Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind, which was recorded live in the Watershed Productions studio...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016
Caribbean Roots
Poet and spoken-word performer Anthony Joseph was born and raised in Trinidad, but has long lived in London, where he...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
The Art of the Tanbur
Özkan, resident in Paris since 1976, has honed an unusual lute style, at a remove from Istanbul's conservatoires and musical...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
Kobani
Ferhat Tunç's latest album is nicely packaged, with the songs competently translated into English. If you are unfamiliar with the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
Antipodes
This ill-Focused collection of ‘found sound’ excerpts mixed in with live performances – conducted, presumably, on the streets – and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016
Up River Overseas
Old Salt are a six-piece collective of musicians from the US, Belgium, Sweden and Scotland who first came together at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Granada 1013-1502
Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
On his new theme album, named after Granada – the city that epitomised Muslim rule in Spain and also witnessed...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2016
ShadowLines
Those who know the work of British composer, producer and musician Shammi Pithia will know to expect a dreamy, cinematic...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2016
Storied Sounds
Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
