Reviews
Africa Speaks
Half a century after Carlos Santana's career-defining performance at Woodstock placed the fusion of Latin rhythms and guitar rock on...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
I Was Real
This is the duo's third album, now featuring an expanded line-up with extra guitars and percussion, saxophones, viola, upright bass...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
It's Still Autumn
Kayhan Kalhor & the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
The collaboration between Iranian kamancheh spike-fiddle master Kayhan Kalhor and the Dutch baroque-jazz ensemble Rembrandt Frerichs Trio has been a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Kolida Babo
This is an intriguing experiment by two Greek exponents of the duduk, an Armenian oboe. Socratis Votskos and Harris P...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
Laraaji, Merz & Shahzad Ismaily
New Age zither master Laraaji began his career busking in the parks of New York, where he was ‘discovered’ by...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
The Rough Guide to World Music For Children
The liner notes of this compilation of 18 tracks from World Music Network's excellent back catalogue claim that youthful listeners...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Exil-Exile
Kyriakos Kalaitzidis & En Chordais
I've had time for composer and oud player Kyriakos Kalaitzidis since I first encountered his ensemble/record label En Chordais in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Pomegranate
Blending Western classical stylistics and compositional techniques with tunes and sonorities from a mainly Mediterranean and Eastern European catchment, Kosmos...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
The People
The People is the first album from MA Rouf, the latest band of Iranian-Finnish composer and musician Marouf Majidi. Majidi...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Maghera Pony
This disc is a bit of an oddity, but is none the worse for it. Matthew Noone is an Australian-born...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
