Reviews
Tech Duinn
Emerging from the creative collaboration between Catalan music-maker Marc Fernández and Irish composer-producer Leo Pearson, Tech Duinn features at its...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025
The Original Sound of Mali 2
Malian musicians have faced a rough time in recent years, thanks to political upheaval and security problems, so here’s a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2025
Snow Flower
A gently plucked lilting waltz played on the Tibetan dranyen lute by Tenzin Choegyal begins the title-track. Sung in a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2025
Hayat
Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani superstar, a playback and pop singer with a phenomenal international following. Here, she returns to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2025
Soléyé
Julien Philéas, better known as Granmoun Lélé (1930–2004), was a griot and one of the most outstanding artists from the...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: December/2025
Cool Down the Heat
Junior Murvin became reggae’s falsetto voice of choice with his 1976 hit ‘Police and Thieves’, a song whose popularity in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
Gleann Ciùin
Singer’s Gleann Ciùin is her second album dedicated to evoking the Cairngorms. It’s framed by two epic 19-minute tracks, the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
Song of the Birds
Avi Avital is the Israeli virtuoso of the mandolin who’s been taking this super versatile instrument into concert halls around...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2025
Pasé Bél Tan – Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
In their study of the Cajun French of Louisiana, sociolinguists Sylvie Dubois and Megan Melançon describe the weakening of local...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: September/2025
Stop Over
Zimbabwean mbira player and singer Nasibo Mutize met French guitarist-pianist Raphaël Joly (aka Zigwiton) in the latter's adopted home of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2025
