Reviews
Woven
The first album from the highly talented Northumbrian singer and flautist Sarah Hayes starts very promisingly. ‘The Fell Line’ is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Ya Balad
Bachar Mar-Khalifé comes from one of Lebanon's most eminent musical families: his father is the internationally renowned singer Marcel Khalifé;...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: December/2015
Radial
Griselda Sanderson plays the nyckelharpa, a keyed Swedish fiddle instrument with sympathetic strings that dates back 600 years. A short...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2015
Upsurge
Recorded in a live setting, Upsurge, the new album from the Scott Wood Band, proves the group to be a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2015
The Kite
The Paris-based Chinese erhu (two-string fiddle) virtuoso Guo Gan has undergone a prolific period lately, releasing albums of his own...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
Vicennial: 20 Years of The Hot 8 Brass Band
The mighty Hot 8 Brass Band have been blowing the greasiest funk- and rap-influenced street brass sound for 20 years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Conflict Tourism
The British duo's fourth album has a strong thread of stories, settings and characters. It's a folk-pop concept album with...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
Lost in Mali
There has long been a suspicion that the world music we get to hear is only part of the story,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Imagined Frequencies
Armenian-born Vahagn Turgutyan (aka Vahagni) was introduced to flamenco via his guitarist father, who became obsessed with the Spanish music...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
