Reviews
Keyeyî
Ali Doğan Gönültaş is the rising star of Kurdish music in Turkey. This album is just him solo, his emotional...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2024
Fisherman
If you were a music fan in Nairobi back in the 70s, you would almost certainly have spent time at...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Here and Now (Live at City Club)
Walid Ben Selim, from Casablanca, started out as a rapper, most notably leading contemporary Arabic-language band N3rdistan, but since then...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: January/2025
A’ Chailleach
Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s A’ Chailleach is, to quote, “a concept record rooted in female folklore, spell work and hidden...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Dersim
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin ft. Malabika Brahma
Gültekin plays the saz – a long-necked Turkish lute – while Hovanissian plays the duduk – a pipe hewn from...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2026
Drawn from Deep Water
First formed as a duo in 2015, Gnoss (now a quartet) have been steadily making a name for themselves on...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2019
She & I
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Seth Lakeman and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Kirsty Merryn is another...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Sotali
Swedish folk duo Pettersson & Fredriksson originally released this set in 2010 and present it here for the first time...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
From China to Appalachia
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
Musically, China is vast and variegated and Appalachia much smaller and more isolated. But you’ll find yourself tempted to hear...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2024
