Reviews
Away From My Window
Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Iona Fyfe is one of Scotland's finest young ballad singers. With Fyfe's art rooted deeply in the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2018
Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors
Hearing Meïkhâneh’s album, Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors (Songs from Inside, Songs from Outside), is akin to waking up...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
And If You Will Come to Me
Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019
Now and Then
The term ‘world music’ has become increasingly vague over the years, and although this recording, from a trio of Romanian...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2021
Songs of Exile
Albums by the Brussels-based Algerian singer and songwriter Abderrahmane Abdelli are as rare as an oasis in the desert –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Afterlight
Glasgow-based Ímar are named after a ninth-century king who ruled over Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man – which...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017
Autumn of the World
A familiar array of mostly acoustic instruments deftly wielded in the service of retro-modern styles make for an exceptionally compelling...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Sons of the Wind
Soundwalk Collective are self-proclaimed ‘sonic nomads.’ On Sons of the Wind they travel through Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Trance Percussion Masters of South Sudan
This hypnotic set comes from a village on the outskirts of Juba, the river port on the banks of the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
