Reviews
The MCO Session
The MCO Session is Palestinian oud virtuoso Nizar Rohana’s revitalisation of his renowned trio format, featuring reimaginings of favourite pieces...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2025
Canes of Karabakh
The best reeds for the duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument and a symbol of Armenian culture, are made from cane...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: April/2026
Una Noche en La Habana
Buena Vista All Stars formed to continue the legacy left behind by Buena Vista Social Club. This large ensemble features...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: July/2026
Il Mito
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Celebrating their 50th anniversary as one of the most influential folk ensembles in Southern Italy, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino have selected...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
L’amour à la folie
You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. Perhaps in recent years, we grew guilty of rather taking for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025
Afrosoul 2
This disconcerting compilation leaps from one idea to another, trying to find something fresh. An array of African acts unsuccessfully...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2014
Future Rust Vol 1
New label Future Rust offers this compilation as an immersion into the subculture of the handpan, commonly called hang. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2020
Tres Mil Uno
Marcela Arroyo, Andreas Engler & Daniel Schläppi
The title of this intriguing collection, Tres Mil Uno (3001), perhaps indicates that Argentinian-born, Swiss-based singer Marcela Arroyo, Swiss violinist...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017
Batuk Freak
A mixture of canny production, assured rapping and tough- to-extricate earworms make this debut album from Brazilian rapper Karol Conka...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2014
Tango, Noche y Guitarra
Paris-based Argentinian guitarist Rudi Flores takes standards and classics from tango, chamamé, valse and milonga, and replaces all the busy...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
