Reviews
Diivan Jäljet
The Finnish accordionist Johanna Juhola is a Björk-like figure: enigmatic, daring, witty, unpredictable, warm, passionate and utterly brilliant. She's been...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
Karma
After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2019
One Day
It's titled One Day because it took just that for the remarkable fiddle player Jenna Reid to record this exquisite...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023
Havana Central
London’s jazz scene is teeming with talented musicians long overdue their dues. The 20-piece genre-hopping outfit Sunlight Square Combo is...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
Africa Rekk
First, the good news. Youssou N’Dour is still in powerful, distinctive voice on his first studio album in over six...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
3
Anyone who caught the concert at London’s Barbican last year by veteran South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim will know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Sababu
Five years ago, the Burkina Faso-born kamelengoni master Aboubakar Traoré and his group Balima released a splendid debut album titled...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
Ashofak Baden
Singer Nadin Al Khalidi saw a selfie of a Yazidi couple in northern Iraq that they had posted on social...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2016
Easy Money
Four years on from his intriguing Domestic Eccentric collection, the Canadian singer-songwriter, born Christopher Luedecke, is not only more domestic...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2019
