Reviews
Barĩy (Fera) برٌِي
Egyptian guitarist Maurice Louca’s music has shapeshifted continually across the years. Rooted in Arabic music, he’s refracted its traditions in...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2025
N'Darila
Member of esteemed Bamana jeli (griot) lineage from the village of Garana in Segu, Mali, Kankou made her debut in...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2025
Music For a Revolution Vol 1: Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967–1973)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
With Music For a Revolution Vol 1, record label Radio Martiko is giving listeners an extraordinary window into a particular...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: September/2025
De las Nieves
Neves, guitarist and arranger from Rio de Janeiro, has worked with some of the old and new masters of Brazilian...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: September/2025
Ao Vivo
Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
In 2024, Caetano Veloso and his younger sister Maria Bethânia reunited half a century after they first performed together for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Neshan
The Ān Ensemble is a nine-piece classical Iranian group led by Sanaz Sattarzadeh, who plays tar. Most of the classic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
Chat Iskandaria
Lebanese singer Nouhad Wadie Haddad, better known simply as Fairuz, falls into that select category of ‘living legends’. After recording...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Kapaim
Multi-instrumentalist Uri Brauner Kinrot has been leading his Ouzo Bazooka outfit for over a decade now, helping pioneer a blend...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: September/2025
Armageddon in a Sunny Dress
According to Sunny War, the music on Armageddon in a Sunny Dress, her follow-up to 2023’s Anarchist Gospel, partly stems...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Boss Morris
The self-titled debut from Boss Morris soars with all the melancholy folk beauty of a Red Kite in a wintry...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2025
