Reviews
Chak Chak Chak Chak
What Captain Beefheart was to the blues, Julián Mayorga is to cumbia. His latest album, Chak Chak Chak Chak, is...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Now here’s an unusual, quirky and charming instrumental set from a French composer with a deserved cult following in the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025
Dožam
With the rise in the number of female music graduates over the past couple of decades in Iran – where...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: February/March/2025
The Original Sound of Mali 2
Malian musicians have faced a rough time in recent years, thanks to political upheaval and security problems, so here’s a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2025
Hinterland
Hinterland – a region beyond what is visible or known – comes with freights of psychological scree, and this striking...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2025
Luminescent Creatures
Following the international success of her 2020 album Windswept Adan, Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ichiko Aoba returns with a spiritual...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2025
Snow Flower
A gently plucked lilting waltz played on the Tibetan dranyen lute by Tenzin Choegyal begins the title-track. Sung in a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2025
Hayat
Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani superstar, a playback and pop singer with a phenomenal international following. Here, she returns to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2025
