Reviews
The World That I Knew
Dublin-based duo VARO – singers and fiddlers Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, from France and Italy respectively – are...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2025
Seasons of the Road
Alsarah released her solo debut, Aljawal with Soundway Records in 2013. Two albums mixing East African and modern influences with...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: June/2025
Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida
The tireless and protean Eblis Álvarez is back in another form. The Meridian Brothers artist hitches up with Mario Galeano...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Mirante
Inspired by his visits to Brazil, Canadian composer and instrumentalist Storring applies contemporary composition techniques to convey the impressions which...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
Magnífico Boogaloo
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Another fine compilation to complement Vampisoul’s cumbia collections, Magnífico Boogaloo features a Peruvian take on a genre tailor-made for dancers....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Riζituals: Inspired by Cretan Vocal Traditions
This is an intriguing album, reworking the rizitika vocal tradition of Crete for female voices and a backing of Greek...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2025
Drogi
Galicia, once a vast multicultural province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire stretching from Kraków to Lviv, was a meeting point of...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: May/2025
Senu Mi Venu Mi
Described as “Croatian traditional singing with modern musical sound” and “fresh interpretations of Croatian musical heritage”, this is an album...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2025
Live in the Khaleej!
Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi & Boom.Diwan with Arturo O’Farrill
This project is inspired by Al-Mulaifi’s grandfather, one of the last of a generation of Kuwaiti master pearl divers, and...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: May/2025
