Reviews

Anthology of Kurdish Hymns

Saban Ok

This album is more interesting for the repertoire than for its music. Kalan has always prided itself in releasing recordings...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013

Wanderer

Stephen Pigram

A local legend in his West Australian coastal hometown of Broome, Stephen Pigram makes rusticMusic firmly rooted in the thriving...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2013

Mosaïk

Vishtèn

Many artists from many different places feel that in order to bring contemporary audiences to traditional material, they need to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013

Isbrytaren

Rydvall Mjelva

If there is any rivalry between the nations Sweden and Norway, it’s been set aside by this duo for 50...

Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013

L’Oeil Du Coeur

Maloumi, Meftah & Laâbi

This is not your everyday easy listening album. For those without a strong grasp of Arabic and/or French, either a...

Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013

Hotline

Aidan O’Rourke

This is an ambitious and impressive suite, as much jazz as it is folk. As a member of Lau, and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Pura Vida Conspiracy

Gogol Bordello

It’d be a cliché to mention that salty yeast-based vegetarian spread in relation to whether one has a taste forHütz...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2013

Dear River

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

Dear River is Emily Barker’s fourth and arguably best album. It is a collection of 11 original songs spotlighting the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013

Kaani

Tal National

All credit to hip UK indie label FatCat for picking up this fine album. Kaani (Happy) is actually the third...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013

Cyprus Well

Jim Causley

Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013