Reviews
Sweet Release
‘These strings, this drum, from another world they come, bringing songs of sweet release,’ Adams sings over a thunderous Rachid...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024
Club Tounsi
It’s only been a few weeks since the release of his last album, the excellent Live at Another Sky Festival,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025
O Fado
This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2026
Across The Sea
Anmol Mohara’s music certainly doesn’t lack ambition. The UK-based Nepali percussionist, composer and lyricist packs in a surfeit of ideas...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: December/2025
Ecstasy: Between Two Seas
‘Epic’ is the word to best describe Sami Yusuf. A British-Azerbaijani singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, he has been hailed as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Natural Selection
Klezmer tunes, the spirit of the Balkans' Roma musicians and Celtic influences from Ireland and Scotland all find their launching...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019
Pyhä Veri Vuotaa
The early morning mist rolls in across the water and pulls you into a hidden landscape; it’s enticing, haunting, mesmerising,...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: April/2022
The Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat
The Alaev Family are something of a discovery. Originally from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, this Central Asian Jewish family...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Set Me Free
Dwayne Dopsie is the son of the late Rockin’ Dopsie, a Louisiana Creole accordionist who, via recording several albums for...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Cape Verde
Those who’ve had their fill of the new Cape Verde artists like Mayra Andrade and Tcheka and are yearning for...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2015
