Reviews
Improvisations from the Doyen of Kurdish Nay
Respected as a sideman of numerous Persian artists, Kurdish ney or nay (reed flute) virtuoso Shaho Andalibi presents his first...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2
Woody Guthrie recorded these raw and intimate home tapes in his Brooklyn apartment during 1951 and 1952 as demos for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
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After having previously released an album of immersive improvised music with her trio Sharav, interdisciplinary composer and qanun player Yael...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
Nueva Timba
López-Nussa is a Cuban pianist (lately living in Toulouse) who draws from both Latin jazz and his native folkloric sounds....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Cavejaz
Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento
Nascimento is a Brazilian-American guitarist, who performs on a range of multi-string, variously tuned, nylon string guitars. Cavejaz is split...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2026
O Que Mais Você Quer Saber De Mim
How can this Bahian folk-MPB songwriter differentiate himself from his contemporaries on his second album, when there are many others...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: April/2026
The Next From Field Commander
Field Commander Ali, otherwise known as Ali Mollica, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who lives in the beachside town...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
KahraMusiqa
Singer-songwriter Badiâa Bouhrizi should really be a household name in global music circles. In Tunisia, her birthplace, she is beloved...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2023
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
