Reviews
Doing Things Right
Jim Kweskin & The Berlin Hall Saturday Night Revue
Younger listeners may recall the name-check of Jim Kweskin by Bob Dylan in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
Urban Myths
Swiss/English/Ashkenazi/Sephardic violinist Marc Crofts and his Klezmer Ensemble made up of clarinet, accordion and double bass make for the classic...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025
Sharatin
Ensemble Marani are an award-winning group of vocalists singing Georgian polyphony who have been active for over 30 years. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2025
Songs for the Trees
A rich and deeply mytho-poetic set of 13 songs drawing on Ogham (the Druidic ‘tree alphabet’) and evoking some of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2025
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
