Reviews
Baila Sahara Baila
Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi
This is the final album from one of the great voices of the Sahara: Mariem Hassan died in August 2015...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2016
Madre: The Hypnotic Dance's Time
Born in Latium's historic town of Sora, the Italian-French singer and diatonic accordionist Giuliano Gabriele here presents his second album,...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2016
Silence is Bliss
Although he is best known for his work on some of Indian cinema's most celebrated soundtracks – including AR Rahman's...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2016
Reprobates
‘The Steam Arm Man’, which opens this new set from the rock’n’ceilidh barnstormers from York, sports a Black Sabbath-style riff...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
The Road
I first came across Mamak Khadem when I reviewed her solo album Jostojoo in 2008. A couple of years later,...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2016
Problemas
For their first studio album since 2010's Grammy-winning El Existential, this Austin nine-piece have abandoned their DIY approach and contracted...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
Belenzuka Fallen from the Sky
Tomka Paunovic, Dragica Žunic, Miloljub Šakovic & Miroljub Raketic
The two pairs of singers on this uncompromising recording – one male and one female – come from south-eastern Serbia...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2016
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2016
Rumba con Flores
Eliane Correa & En el Aire Project
This young, classically trained pianist, composer and arranger shares her time between London, Barcelona and Havana, and her creative energies...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2016
