Reviews
Devils and Wonders in Bali
At several points, this disc of Balinese gamelan recordings made in 1974 had me punching the air in excitement. There’s...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Apr/May/2011
Dil
The family style of the late sitar legend Vilayat Khan is renowned for its gayaki, a vocalised style of playing...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2011
Breathbox
I was lucky enough to be at a concert given by the accordionist Antti Paalanen at the Sibelius Academy in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011
Open on Sundays
You'll get it cheaper at Duck Soup’s Gramophone and Cycle Stores, 18 Station Road, West Croydon.’ So proclaims the sign...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2011
Awalin
Steve Shehan is a man who has been there and done that, earning his crust playing percussion with Paul Simon,...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
A Matter of Life
The Penguin Café ensemble, led by Arthur Jeffes, son of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes, has toured widely over the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Lanbousir
Lanbousir (L’Emb-ouchure) is Christine Salem’s fourth album of studio-recorded compositions in the traditional maloya style, for voice and percussion ensemble....
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Apr/May/2011
Diasporas
Ibrahim Maalouf’s family fled the civil war in Lebanon in the early 1980s to settle in the suburbs of Paris....
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
All of You
On this album Iranian pianist Hooshyar Khayam and ney player Amir Eslami join forces in a recording of largely improvised...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2011
