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2012/05/16 A very delayed site update, due to computer problems and other complications. But on the other hand, a real slew of reviews, one gig and five albums, one of which was held over from last November. Some amazing albums, too! The first of the albums is Kayhan Kalhor With Ali Bahrami Fard's absolutely stunning I Will Not Stand Alone. This latest offering from Kalhor will stop your heart and blow your mind! For more head straight to the Other World Music or Classical page. Then, we have two albums by the extraordinary Aruán Ortiz, first encountered here on Mark Weinstein's El Cumbanchero and then his gig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho during the London Jazz Festival last November. Released last month, the Aruán Ortiz Quartet's Orbiting is probably the finest modern jazz album yet. A little older is the Aruán Ortiz Quartet Feat. Antoine Roney's Alameda - a truly exciting album itself but the review was held over from last November until the newer album was also reviewed, at the artist's request. Head for the Jazz page for more. The gig reviewed is Guillermo Rozenthuler - Brazil, Meu Amor Live At Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Bloomsbury, London WC1 4th May 2012 - a wonderful event with a completely packed out house as well. Argentinean singer extraordinaire Rozenthuler has at last 'come out' and admits his love affair with Brazilian music! More on the Other World Music or Other Music page. Another exciting album comes in the form of Terryazoome's Xana. Recent guests on DJ Ritu's fab A World in London show on SOAS Radio, this eclectic band prove themselves far more than a three or four track band! Go to the Other World Music or Jazz page for more. Yair Yona's World Behind Curtains is the guitar picker extraordinaire's second album. This will again take your breath away. Head for the Other World Music or Other Music page for more. Also, a Special Feature in the form of the second installment of archived playlists of DJ Ritu's A World in London At SOAS Radio Ep. 11-20 Playlists And Links. Formore, see the Other World Music or Other Features page. As usual, don't miss the fab DJ Ritu's superb A World in London show this week or any week whatever you do, either live on Wednesdays at 3pm on SOAS Radio, or from Fridays as play again on SOAS Radio and podcast on iTunes! Todays show features very special guests Sarah Gillespie and Gilad Atzmon and should be yet another unmissable! More on the Other World Music, Jazz or Other Music page. Last but not least, you should check today's Other World Music, Jazz and Classical pages especially for news of some really outstanding forthcoming gigs and more.
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2012/05/02 A slightly delayed update due to cut finger tips impeding typing, and reviews of two amazing gigs and two equally amazing albums. Stars of contemporary Brit Folk, The Unthanks, presented An Intimate Evening With The Unthanks At The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London W11, Wednesday 25th April 2012! A most extraordinary experience, as it always is with The Unthanks! Head straight for the Other World Music page for more, where you will also find news of their forthcoming new album. The following evening, it was the turn of the extraordinary Sarah Gillespie And The War On Trevor Live At The Vortex, Dalston, London N16, Thursday 26th April 2012 - an explosive gig if ever there was one! For more, head straight to the Jazz, Other Music, or Other World Music page. The first of the two albums comes from recent guest on DJ Ritu's A World in London radio show, Carmen Souza Duo Feat. Theo Pas'cal's London Acoustic Set. A cracker of an album! Go straight to the Jazz or Other World Music page for more. The second is native New Yorker Rich Siegel's The Way To Peace - an extraordinary musical fusion of peace activism and spirituality! For more head to the Jazz, Other Music or Jewish Music page. Finally on the review side of things, the re-release of Teymour Housego's amazing Haunting Bazaar, originally reviewed about a year ago, needed just a few more data to be corrected. See the Other World Music page for more. As usual, don't miss the fab DJ Ritu's superb A World in London show this week or any week whatever you do, either live on Wednesdays at 3pm on SOAS Radio, or from the following day as play again and podcast on iTunes! AWiL 41 was yet another unmissable, with special guests Terryazoome, whose album Xana will be reviewed here shortly! Looking ahead a little, Maestro of Persian Classical music, Ostad Kayhan Kalhor, a member also of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble from the start, will be gracing UK shores with one of his all too rare visits in June, with two concerts with his Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble, one in Edinburgh and one in London. For more see the Other World Music or Classical page.
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2012/04/20 Reviews this time include the incomparable, un-classifiable singer-songwriter extraordinaire Sarah Gillespie's eagerly awaited The War On Trevor, an extraordinary fifteen minute narrative song cycle so not her third album yet. This not only should appeal to jazz aficionados and 'folkies' alike, but indeed has universal appeal. For more head straight to the Jazz, Other World Music or Other Music page. The Sachal Jazz Ensemble Live At Queen Elizabeth Hall, SBC, London SE1, Tuesday 17th April 2012, plugged here and on Facebook, and most keenly anticipated, promised much and looked like it might be one of the most interesting, spectacular gigs of the year so far. Head straight for the Other World Music or Jazz page for more. Next, there is a re-release of Teymour Housego's amazing Haunting Bazaar, originally reviewed about a year ago. Some of the data had to be changed, and there is a re-mix of one of the tracks on the new digital release. Last but by no means least, a Special Feature, DJ Ritu's A World in London At SOAS Radio Ep. 1-10 Playlists And Links - what it says on the tin. For more go straight to the Other World Music or Other Features page. And don't miss the fab DJ Ritu's superb A World in London show this week or any week whatever you do, either live on Wednesdays at 3pm on SOAS Radio, or from the following day as play again and podcast on iTunes! AWiL 40 was yet another brill cracker, with special guests Flasiantronico, consisting of the amazing duo of singer/guitarist Silvia Rox and sarod ace Ameen Ali Khan!
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2012/04/09 Continuing with the recent trend of cross-cultural events and albums, we have reviews of two truly remarkable albums. Cheng-Ying Chuang's Wandering Voices spans Europe and China and a good fourteen centuries, from ancient Chinese melodies to contemporary, and from Dowland to Schubert. Far East meets West in a fascinating and beautiful way. Chuang is no stranger on this site, having only recently been part of World Lute Encounter Live At The Forge with Mehboob Nadeem. Head straight for the Other World Music or Classical page for more. No less fascinating, in a completely different way and direction, is Sachal Studios Orchestra, Lahore's Sachal Jazz. Keep in mind the sub-title of Interpretations Of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova and it does just what it says on the tin! But in surprising, original, even somewhat quirky ways. East meets West, in this case originating from Pakistan, in a refreshingly different way. Go to the Other World Music or Jazz page for more. A further attendance of a third spectacular gig in a row unfortunately fell through due to circumstances beyond everybody's control, so alas no review of same. Don't miss the fab DJ Ritu's superb A World in London show this week whatever you do, either live on Wednesday 11th April at 3pm on SOAS Radio, or from the following day as play again and podcast on iTunes! This is going to be a real cracker of a show, with her very special studio guest, the incredible Heidi Vogel, winner of the Jazz/Vocal category and joint-winner of the Best Solo Debut in the Rainlore's World of Music Jazz Albums Of The Year 2011, and winner of the No.4 spot in the joint AWIL-Rainlore World Music Albums Top Ten Of 2011, all for her sensational album Lágrimas De Um Passaro - Tears Of A Bird! There's more on the Other World Music or Jazz page. With regard to last week's literary review of W. A. Harbinson's Beauty And The Beast - The Story Of Nastassja And Klaus Kinski, this may now be temporarily withdrawn due to a dispute with the Klaus Kinski estate. More on the Literary page. Please note that in order to reduce the number of constantly repeating links, those referring to pages or local page items that can easily be found in the navigation bar at the top of each page will in future be omitted. This will affect references to, e.g., 'Jazz page,' or 'reviews.' Also please note that the 2011 parts of the remaining main pages have all now been archived. Appropriate notifications on the relevant pages.
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2012/04/01 A slightly premature site update in order to bring you a review of another unexpected but sensational gig - Women Of The World Festival - A Celebration Of South Asia & Women From The South Asian Continent Live At Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London E1, Thursday 29th March 2012. With such stars in the line-up as legendary Najma Akhtar, Jyotsna Srikanth, ShivaNova and Dj Ritu, this was a simply magnificent experience not to be missed! And as all good things come in threes, another sensational gig next time! For more head straight for the Jazz or Other World Music page. Also reviewed is the likewise magnificent Martin Alvarado with Horacio Avilano Trio's extraordinary album Más Allá. You'll know when you've been tangoed after this! Head straight to the Other World Music or Other Music page for more. And we have a literary review, of W. A. Harbinson's Beauty And The Beast - The Story Of Nastassja And Klaus Kinski - the 'bad kids' on the movie block! For more on this exciting tome go straight to the Literary page. Please note that the 2011 part of this page has now been archived, along with that of the Classical page. The other 2011 portions of pages will follow shortly.
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2012/03/25 Slight delay to this current update due the dreadful 'man flu.' But on the positive side, this made possible the inclusion among the reviews of one of the most sensational, magnificent gigs imaginable. I speak of none other than Mehboob Nadeem & Cheng-Ying Chuang - World Lute Encounter Live At The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, on Thursday 22nd March 2012. A truly glorious encounter between Hindustani and Chinese music! Head straight for the Classical or Other World Music page for more. Even if, like all too many, you might think Chinese music strange and inaccessible to you, you really ought to find out more! George Panda's Out Of Africa is this exciting drummer's very exciting debut album. And no, this is not African music or African jazz as such - rather, Panda explores the rhythms brought to the Americas by African slaves. For more go straight to the Jazz or Other World Music page. About a month ago we featured a most exciting gig by the fabulous Renu. This time, it's the turn of Renu's Love From London album. A magnificent, genre-busting labour of love! Head straight for the Other Music page for more about this exciting music. More reviews of some truly exciting music coming up soon!
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2012/03/04 At last, we're getting there catching up! A full five reviews this time, two gigs and three albums. To start with the most recent event, there is the fabulous tango singer Martin Alvarado Live At The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, 1st March 2012. If you missed this extraordinary gig, you might be very sorry... Head straight for the Other World Music or Other Music page for more. An extraordinary CD found itself on my player recently. Well, many do, but this is something we don't hear too often here, unfortunately. The Agrin Ensemble's Art Of Improvisation In Iranian Music is their debut album of Persian Classical music. For more, go straight to the Other World Music or Classical page. Still staying in the area of world music, at last the review of The Unthanks' The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons - the fabulous No. 10-winning album of the recent AWIL - Rainlore World Music Albums Top Ten Of 2011! Making it a double for The Unthanks, who also took the No. 1 spot with Last! For more, see the Other World Music page. And while we are with the AWIL - Rainlore World Music Albums Top Ten Of 2011, you can now also catch up with DJ Ritu's A World in London 30 on the above Top Ten page if you haven't done so already. More on the Other World Music page. Going over to some solid jazz now, there is the Frank Harrison Trio Live At Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, 8th February 2012, the official launch gig for their fantabulous new album Sideways. It would have made you drop your jaw! For more head straight for the Jazz page. Another extraordinary leader debut that came along recently is the Paul Jordanous Ensemble's And Now I Know... - and now we can all find out how darn good this is. Head straight for the Jazz page for more. I'm going to need just a little more time for the next site update, things have been just a bit too hectic. Shouldn't be too long though.
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2012/02/25 We're at last getting on top of things and catching up with most of the long overdue reviews! To kick things off, a literary review, of W. A. Harbinson's superb work of 'fictionalised non-fiction,' Iconic Voices. It's a riveting yarn about Elvis, Brando, Mailer, Lennon and Warhol, based on biographical source material. Head straight for the Literary page for more! The first of three albums reviewed today is US-born bass ace Michael Janisch's Purpose Built, a sensational disc you'll want to keep spinning over and over! Make straight for the Jazz page for more. The first of two gigs covered here is guitar maestro Simon Thacker's latest East-West ensemble's recital, Simon Thacker And Svara-Kanti At The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London SE1, Thursday 8th December 2011. A fascinating blend of classical and world music. For more go straight to the Other World Music or Classical page. Our second album stays with Thacker and his previous project, Simon Thacker And The Nava Rasa Ensemble's Nada ~ Ananda. Ostensibly more classically oriented, it still makes for excellent world music - good enough to have made the very tough shortlist of the AWIL - Rainlore World Music Albums Top Ten Of 2011! (See 'News' 2012/02/17.) Again, head straight for the Other World Music or Classical page for more. Another gig takes us back to the SBC, Renu Live At The Front Room, Southbank Centre, London SE1, Friday 16th December 2011. How does one, how could one possibly describe or classify musical polymath Renu's wonderful genre-busting, polyglottal music? For more on this fab performance go to the Other Music page. Last - and no pun intended! - but most definitely by no means least, those simply glorious The Unthanks and their AWIL - Rainlore World Music Albums Top Ten Of 2011 winning album, Last. Simply, class! Head straight for the Other World Music page for more. There, you'll also find more news on DJ Ritu's fabulous A World in London show on SOAS Radio.
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2012/02/17 Time for the Rainlore's World of Music Albums Of The Year 2011! This year, for the World Music category we have teamed up with the fabulous DJ Ritu and her ever popular A World in London show, now on SOAS Radio, to bring you the combined AWIL-Rainlore World Music Albums Top 10 Of 2011, first broadcast live on the show on 8th February. The results of our combined votes sometimes surprised even us! Well deserving winners were The Unthanks, for Last, and they also took the No.10 spot with their second album of 2011, Diversions, Vol. 1 - The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons! Head straight for the Other World Music page for more. Then of course there are The Rainlore's World of Music Jazz Albums Of The Year, 2011, also with some spectacular results! Overall winners of the Jazz/Instrumentral category, a joint No.1 from the Alex Hutton Trio for Legentis and Yuri Goloubev for Titanic For A Bike. For more, head straight for the Jazz page. There now also is a page listing these pages, the Albums Of The Year Page. Of course, we are also catching up with some long overdue reviews. For a start, there is Martin Alvarado Live At The Light Temple, Austin Street, London E2, Saturday, 26th November 2011 - quite a magical tango gig! Head to the Other World Music or Other Music page for more. Then, a fascinating, charming demo in the form of Épocanova's Live Demo, a unique combo with a unique sound that we should hear a lot more of soon! Go to the Other World Music, Jazz or Steel Pan page for more. The Frank Harrison Trio's Sideways review was meant to coincide with this extraordinary album's official release in early January, but alas, the best laid plans and all that... For more head straight for the Jazz page. More fascination comes from the Maciek Pysz Trio's Discoveries EP. Yes, just an EP of three tracks, but goodness, this is good! Again, head straight for the Jazz page for more. And still more in the way of charm and fascination from Giorgio Serci / Roberto Manzin's Silver Lining album. A double frontline of guitar and sax so smooth you'd think butter was like sand paper! And not forgetting Harvie S and Enzo Zirilli, for good measure. Go to the Jazz page for more. Hopefully, we'll do a little more 'catching up' next week!
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2012/02/07 Much delayed, an interim site update, with more to follow within the next week or so. It is of course well about time for the Albums of the Year for 2011. More on these next time, except to say that for the World Music category, we have teamed up with DJ Ritu and her wonderful A World in London show on SOAS Radio this year for a joint Top 10 albums! The results will be presented live on the show tomorrow, Wednesday 8th February from 6 to 7pm, and DJ Ritu has kindly invited yours truly as studio guest. Of course, if you miss the live broadcast, the show will as usual be available for 'play again' on the SOAS Radio site and as a podcast on iTunes. More on the Other World Music page. To start with a bit of catching up, two gig reviews that, in the light of further information received, needed urgent revision as they unfairly reflected upon a venue. Sincere apologies to The Red Hedgehog in Highgate and its owners, and hopefully we have now been able to clarify and rectify this unfortunate situation. The two reviews concerned are, Metamorphic Live At The Red Hedgehog (2011/04/17, revised 2012/01/24), and Metamorphic at The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, 22nd September 2011 (2011/09/24, revised 2012/01/24). For more head straight for the Jazz page. Further, we have the following going back to last November for now. A Report/Review, Musical Workshops With Gilad Atzmon / Launch of 'Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley' at Howarth Of London, London W1, 5th November 2011 (2011/11/06) - the best, most fun and most beneficial musical workshop it's been my pleasure to ever experience. Oh yes. And the launch of a fantastic little book! Go to the Other Features, Literary or Jazz page for more on this exciting event. Which leads us to a Literary Review: Chris Gumbley - Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley (2011/11/07). Chris Gumbley has done a fantastic job here in transcribing ten exhilarating sax solos by jazz genius Atzmon, plus a bonus clarinet solo. Something that's been overdue for a while! Head straight to the Literary or Jazz page for more. And two more gig reviews from November. Michael Janisch-Aruán Ortiz Quintet Feat. Greg Osby at The Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, Part of The London Jazz Festival, Friday, 11th November 2011 (2011/11/13) Excitement in abundance at the Pizza! For more, go straight to the Jazz page. And more of the same later that month with the Pete Roth Band at The Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, Monday, 21st November 2011 (2011/11/22). Again, head straight to the Jazz page for more. There are still a few more gigs to catch up with, and oodles of albums that are all long overdue. More next week and in the following weeks.
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Reviews
Reviews added 2012/05/16: Kayhan Kalhor With Ali Bahrami Fard : I Will Not Stand Alone (2012/05/15) Aruán Ortiz Quartet : Orbiting (2012/05/07) Aruán Ortiz Quartet Feat. Antoine Roney : Alameda (2011/11/14) Guillermo Rozenthuler - Brazil, Meu Amor Live At Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Bloomsbury, London WC1 4th May 2012 (2012/05/05) Terryazoome : Xana (2012/05/10) Yair Yona : World Behind Curtains (2012/05/09)
Reviews added 2012/05/02: Sarah Gillespie And The War On Trevor Live At The Vortex, Dalston, London N16, Thursday 26th April 2012 (2012/04/28) Rich Siegel : The Way To Peace (2012/04/30) Carmen Souza Duo Feat. Theo Pas'cal : London Acoustic Set (2012/04/22) The Unthanks : An Intimate Evening With The Unthanks At The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London W11, Wednesday 25th April 2012 (2012/04/27)
Reviews added 2012/04/20: Sarah Gillespie : The War On Trevor (2012/04/12) Sachal Jazz Ensemble Live At Queen Elizabeth Hall, SBC, London SE1, Tuesday 17th April 2012 (2012/04/18) Teymour Housego : Haunting Bazaar (re-release 2012/revision of data only) (data rev. 2012/04/19)
Reviews added 2012/04/09: Cheng-Ying Chuang : Wandering Voices (2012/03/07) Sachal Studios Orchestra, Lahore : Sachal Jazz (2012/04/06)
Reviews added 2012/04/01: Martin Alvarado, with Horacio Avilano Trio : Más Allá (2012/03/27) Women Of The World Festival - A Celebration Of South Asia & Women From The South Asian Continent Live At Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London E1, Thursday 29th March 2012 (2012/03/30) [Lit. Review] W. A. Harbinson : Beauty And The Beast - The Story Of Nastassja And Klaus Kinski (2012/02/18)
Reviews added 2012/03/25: Mehboob Nadeem & Cheng-Ying Chuang - World Lute Encounter Live At The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, Thursday 22nd March 2012 (2012/03/23) George Panda : Out Of Africa (2012/03/20) Renu : Love From London (2012/03/19)
Reviews added 2012/03/04: The Agrin Ensemble : Art Of Improvisation In Iranian Music (2012/02/29) Martin Alvarado Live At The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, 1st March 2012 (2012/03/02) Frank Harrison Trio Live At Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, 8th February 2012 (2012/02/09) Paul Jordanous Ensemble : And Now I Know... (2012/01/09) The Unthanks : The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons (2011/12/19)
Reviews added 2012/02/25: [Lit. Review] W. A. Harbinson : Iconic Voices (2011/12/18) Michael Janisch : Purpose Built (2011/11/16) Renu Live At The Front Room, Southbank Centre, London SE1, 16th December 2011 (2011/12/17) Simon Thacker And Svara-Kanti At The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London SE1, 8th December 2011 (2011/12/09) Simon Thacker And The Nava Rasa Ensemble : Nada ~ Ananda (2011/12/19) The Unthanks : Last (2012/01/30)
Reviews added 2012/02/17: Martin Alvarado Live At The Light Temple, Austin Street, London E2, Saturday, 26th November 2011 (2011/11/27) Épocanova : Live Demo (2011/12/20) Frank Harrison Trio : Sideways (2012/01/02) Maciek Pysz Trio : Discoveries (EP) (2011/11/08) Giorgio Serci / Roberto Manzin : Silver Lining (2011/11/04)
Reviews added 2012/02/07: Metamorphic Live At The Red Hedgehog (2011/04/17, revised 2012/01/24) Metamorphic at The Forge, Camden Town, London NW1, 22nd September 2011 (2011/09/24, revised 2012/01/24) [Report/Review] Musical Workshops With Gilad Atzmon / Launch of 'Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley' at Howarth Of London, London W1, 5th November 2011 (2011/11/06) Literary Review: Chris Gumbley - Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley (2011/11/07) Michael Janisch-Aruán Ortiz Quintet Feat. Greg Osby at The Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, Part of The London Jazz Festival, Friday, 11th November 2011 (2011/11/13) Pete Roth Band at The Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, London W1, Monday, 21st November 2011 (2011/11/22)
Artists' Profiles
Profiles added 2012
Articles & Features
Features/Articles added 2012/05/16: DJ Ritu's A World in London At SOAS Radio Ep. 11-20 Playlists And Links (2012/05/06)
Features/Articles added 2012/04/20: DJ Ritu's A World in London At SOAS Radio Ep. 1-10 Playlists And Links (2012/04/13)
Features/Articles added 2012/02/17: The AWIL-Rainlore World Music Albums Top 10 Of 2011 (2012/02/09) The Rainlore's World of Music Jazz Albums Of The Year, 2011 (2012/02/09)
Features/Articles added 2012/02/07: [Report/Review] Musical Workshops With Gilad Atzmon / Launch of 'Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley' at Howarth Of London, London W1, 5th November 2011 (2011/11/06) Literary Review: Chris Gumbley - Gilad Uncovered - 10 Saxophone Solos By Gilad Atzmon Transcribed And Edited By Chris Gumbley (2011/11/07)
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