Reviews
Moda Antiga
On this, her third album, the Cape Verdean singer hailed as a worthy successor to the great Cesária Évora focuses...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025
Héritage
A decade on from Songhoy Blues’ explosive debut Music in Exile, it’s probably time to stop calling the band from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Salt River
Recorded by Sam Amidon (guitar, fiddle), Sam Gendel (saxophone, synthesizer) and Philippe Melanson (percussion) in Gendel’s Los Angeles home studio,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Ray and His Court
The Ray in question is organist Ray Fernandez, and his Miami-based Court include his wife and two sons, along with...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Cold Blows the Rain
Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions
This is a good period for ethereal and weird folk and traditional music, with acts like Milkweed seeing their idiosyncratic...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: February/March/2025
AKKOR
Best known as the lead singer of the Turkish retro psychedelic rockers BaBa ZuLa, Melike Şahin has now set out...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Forgotten Tunes
Jarek Adamów | Jarek Adamów & Nadbużanie
Jarek Adamów has been championing traditional Polish folk music for some 25 years. His albums have received mixed reviews in...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2025
The Granite Way
The granite massif of Dartmoor runs as a giant seam through the consciousness of South West England – a beautiful,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2025
Mirrored Daughters
The record label describes Mirrored Daughters as “lo-fi folk-pop and explorative woodland meditations”, which sums it up quite neatly. Melodic...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2025
