Reviews
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015
Gisela João
There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015
Finno-Balkan Voices
Eight female vocalists – four Finnish, and four Bulgarian – meet here in a collaboration that stems from a course...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2015
A Day Like Tomorrow
Fabian Holland has been praised for his guitar playing, which is fluid, elegant and blues-tinged but not over-elaborate. The same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2015
Rebel Tumbao
Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
The Girl I Left Behind Me
The hypnotic melodies, syncopated rhythms and pop hooks of this debut album from Devon folk duo Cole Stacey and Joseph...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015
Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay
It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015
North Star
US-born singer-songwriter Kyle Carey has a pleasing voice, which she wields with deft assuredness and gentle charm. Her music, a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2015
Charms Against Sorrow
Hannah Sanders spent much of her teens traversing the land in an old Bedford school bus, singing the traditional songs...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm
Trio Chemirani are an impressive percussive force, comprising Djamchid Chemirani and his sons Keyvan and Bijan. Although they are based...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015
