Reviews
Väntenätter
This is a welcome second album from a trio formerly known as Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström, three musicians from Norway and Sweden who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
Live in the Khaleej!
Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi & Boom.Diwan with Arturo O’Farrill
This project is inspired by Al-Mulaifi’s grandfather, one of the last of a generation of Kuwaiti master pearl divers, and...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: May/2025
Moda Antiga
On this, her third album, the Cape Verdean singer hailed as a worthy successor to the great Cesária Évora focuses...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025
Trioliadam
This collection of traditional Norwegian tunes was originally recorded in 1981. The results were never released, the master tapes lost,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
Souffles
French-Syrian flute player and singer Jalal follows up her stunning 2023 album Healing Rituals with this set of wind duets....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2025
Angel
Cerys Hafana found a ballad from the Welsh National Library’s database about a man sent into a 350-year sleep by...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: October/2025
Far From Nowhere
Josienne Clarke | Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Clarke’s songs always have a focused, condensed intensity of purpose, a sensitivity and strength that come from a combination of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Banjovial
After Banjophony and Banjophonics comes the latest album from Damien O’Kane and Ron Block, Banjovial. If you’re paying attention, you’ll...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2026
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean was first released in 2014, following a transformative invitation by filmmaker Robert Gordon to record at Royal Studios...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2025
