Reviews
Engelchen
Alison Cotton’s Engelchen is both a threnody and celebration, heartfelt, intense and deeply moving in its struggle through darkness to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2024
Land of My Other
Land of My Other is the third studio album from The Breath, a partnership between singer Ríoghnach Connolly and ex-Cinematic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Tøyen Sessions
Although all the compositions on this new album by Norway’s Larsen Trio were apparently written by Larsen himself, you might...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2023
Madres
The title of this Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s debut album translates as ‘Mothers’. It’s dedicated to both her mother and the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
Círculo Radiante
Folk singer and experimental artist Soema Montenegro, born in Buenos Aires, has produced her fifth album in tribute to the...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2023
Last Night a Woman Saved My Life
Last Night a Woman Saved My Life is a mesmerising journey into the space between Western minimalism and Middle Eastern...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: December/2023
Just a Second
Six years ago the talented young Scottish fiddler Ryan Young released an acclaimed debut album but then suffered an injury...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
A Memento of Istanbul
A Memento of Istanbul is an excellent solo oud album by top Iranian player Saeed Nayeb Mohammadi. It’s the opening...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana
Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba have been ambassadors for Bamana jeli (griot) ngoni music since their debut in 2007....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Youn
The immediate (and significant) feeling I got when I first started listening to this 1965 concert was one of privilege;...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2024
