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Tag: stringed instruments

21/06/2021 nausika

Binga: a minimalist Songhay folk / blues album on politics and social justice issues in Mali

Samba Touré, Binga, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB110 CD / LP (2021) I must admit not knowing Malian guitarist Samba Touré

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17/06/2021 nausika

City of Blood: Iranian folk / black metal message against war

Akvan, City of Blood, Iran, self-released, cassette (2021) Dedicated to the Iranian soldiers who fought and died in the Iran-Iraq

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17/05/2021 nausika

Unusta kõik: inventive dissonant black metal with a dark jazzy edge

Kõdu, Unusta kõik, Sweden, Nigredo Records, NP015 limited edition CD (2021) Kõdu is a recent black metal band formed in

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14/04/2021 nausika

A light and lively Amazonian popular folk compilation in “El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974)”

Andrés Vargas Pinedo, El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974), Peru, BUH Records,

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09/04/2021 nausika

Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912: early recorded Japanese music still sounding fresh after over 100 years

Various Artists, Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF115

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09/04/2021 nausika

Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose

Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /

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25/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Humming of Summer Lawns

Australian cellist Judith Hamann is very active of late – she released at least three solo records in year 2020,

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12/03/2021 nausika

I Remember You (Original Sound Track): a funereal set of dark ambient mood pieces

I Remember You (Original Sound Track), United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR287CD digipak (2020) The official soundtrack to the 2017

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06/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

A Greener Future

New Hermitage are an improvising group from Halifax in Canada, led by Andrew MacKelvie who plays saxophones and clarinet; the

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05/03/2021 nausika

Peaks: a musical travelogue / memoir of significant places, events and influences

Judith Hamann, Peaks, Australia, Black Truffle, BT066 vinyl LP (2020) A cellist and composer originally from Melbourne (or Naarm /

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