Reviews
Mohini
Sudeshna Bhattacharya & Mosin Khan Kawa
Norway-based Sudeshna Bhattacharya is one of very few female sarod players, having begun training aged just eight, initially with her...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2025
Independance
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) is one of the world’s youngest nations, coming into being in 1975 upon gaining independence from...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2025
Wild and Clear and Blue
What started out in 2014 looking like a one-off or short-lived supergroup of Americana singer-songwriters – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025
Compter les dents
The 11 songs on this superbly performed set are drawn from something many of us have handled in our lives:...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
Handed On
During the COVID-19 pandemic Danish trio Dreamers’ Circus couldn’t perform – so they composed, drawing inspiration from traditional Nordic music....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Even Love Should Have Its Limits) – a phrase the Finnish folk duo of violinist Kukka Lehto...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
Hote’ Hote’
Now based in Melbourne, Charles Maimarosia hails from the Solomon Islands, and first came to international attention over 20 years...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2025
Live in Basel
Baba Sissoko & Mediterranean Blues
Baba Sissoko’s sound is unashamedly grounded in the classic sounds of Chicago blues pioneered by the likes of Muddy Waters...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: June/2025
