Reviews
Time is Now
Turkish ex-pat Necmi Calvi spent 20 years of his adult life in London; where – under the alias Oojami –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Found Music
Amit Chaudhuri continues his experiments from This is Not Fusion, and it’s a rich and provocative journey he’s taking us...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Live at the Grand Pavilion
The Welsh six-piece Mabon may not be well known on the English side of the border. It’s as if there’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Magnification
Magnifico (Robert Pešut to his mum) is a Slovenian singer, guitarist and parodist. Already very popular in Slovenia, Magnification is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Celilo Falls
Born in a small town in Oregon, a child of the Pacific Northwest whose Pentecostal family traces its lineage back...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Fretless
Soumik Datta is Britain’s brilliant young sarod (lute) star. He gave a stunning concert supporting Shivkumar Sharma at the Darbar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Aurum
It says a lot about violinist Gjermund Larsen that he has been a significant performer with top Norwegian folk band...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Collaborations
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison
Given the high profile of the collaborators, it’s surprising that the various joint projects, undertaken over more than 25 years...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Al Wa’ Debt
Va Fan Fahreareanother instance of the north-west European love affair with all sounds Balkan. But the 11-strong brass band have...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Poets and Lighthouses
Albert Kuvezin’s new incarnation of Yat-Kha continues his singer-songwriter develop– ment with his unique kanzat style of Tuvan throat singing....
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
