Reviews
Neptune
2008's Dreams of Breathing Under– water, an album of original tunes, was a long time coming, and it felt as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
The Scoville Units
This British folk group have come together from all over the folk and acoustic scene. Banjo player Leon Hunt and...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2011
With Love
The self-styled ‘King of klezmer clarinet’ is back with an album that sees him and his band drawn as Marvel...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2011
Taranta Container
Led by Lecce-born singer and author Alessandro Coppola, Nidi d'Arac have mingled traditional repertoires from Salento in south-east Italy with...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2011
Cuba's Queen of Song
For non-aficionados, Celia Cruz is best remembered as a gutsy Latina Tina Turner. When she died in 2003, she'd recently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2011
Sufis at the Cinema: 50 years of Bollywood Qawwali & Sufi Song 1958-2007
Twenty-five tracks and over 150 minutes of film music at its best, this compilation from Saregama has got to be...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Vilda Rosor
The photo of Maria Kalaniemi in the CD booklet tells you exactly what this recording is like. The Finnish queen...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2011
Rare Bird Alert
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
For all the fanfare about Steve Martin's multi-tasking talents, the fact remains: he's a badass banjo player. Sure, there are...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011
Water Music
In contrast to the two previous albums by the Thai Elephant Orchestra, which featured human collaborators, this one, the last...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
