Reviews
The Bird of a Thousand Voices
Tigran Hamasyan | Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir
Pianist and composer Hamasyan certainly has his admirers and his album Luys i Luso with the Yerevan State Chamber Choir...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
Lifa Iotungard (Live)
For German Kai Uwe Faust, Dane Christopher Juul and Norwegian Maria Franz, who record together as Heilung, a live album...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
In the Dark We Grow
The folk duo’s fourth album, In the Dark We Grow, steers away from the compelling introspective spareness of 2022’s Ink...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024
Drum Machine
Don’t let their slick, suited aesthetic fool you, Ugandan drum ensemble Arsenal Mikebe are serving up a sonic onslaught of...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2024
Acadia
Yasmin Williams’ Nonesuch Records debut features the acoustic fingerstyle/lap-tapping guitarist in a variety of solo and ensemble settings across nine...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2024
Early Home Recordings
Recorded at home to her finger-picking accompaniment in Wimbledon in 1966 and 1967 – Denny's performing debut was at Kingston's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2024
Spirits of Mauronoros
The ancient world and the turbulent present collide to great effect on this, the second LP from the Greek woodwind...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: November/2024
ONO
Since her 1980s debut, New Zealand Māori singer Moana Maniapoto has remained at the forefront of Aotearoa’s Indigenous music scene,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2025
