Reviews
Thailand: Music and Songs from the Golden Triangle
Unreconstructed field recordings of folk songs and instrumental pieces may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but this collection provides...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has a versatile Concert Orchestra that has made something of a happy habit of venturing into...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances
This is the latest in Felmay’s series of Azerbaijani music that focuses on folk and dance repertoire, and it features...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Love & Devotion
Qawwali is the devotional music of South Asian Sufis (Islamic mystics) and its most famous exponent, the late Nusrat Fateh...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Guitar Tango: Más Allá
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Mentored by the late bandoneón player and songwriter Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer Martín Alvarado has been plying his plaintive, precisely...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Alchemya
There have been a number of African-Iberian musical experiments over the years, but when an African vocal kicks in on...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Alafia
You wait 15 years for a new Sidi Touré album and then, like a fleet of bush taxis, three come...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Live in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Portraits
Niamh Dunne is the singer and fiddle player with the highly successful band Beoga and Portraits is her first solo...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Songs by Geirr Tveitt
This music is fragile, meditative and delicate, with soundscapes leading us into secret, intimate places. The names on the album...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
