Reviews
Au Coeur de l’Aube
The Québécois trio of fiddler Pascal Gemme, guitarist Yann Falquet and relative newcomer flautist/accordion player Nicholas Willams deliver their eleventh...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Metgharabiin (Outsiders)
Ramy Essam is known for his appearances on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, regularly in front of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023
Usvyaty: Russian Music from Pskov Region in Modern and Archival Recordings
This is a curiosity. We get relatively few recordings from Russia and as the title says, these are field recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Monajat
Galeet Dardashti & Younes Dardashti
Galeet Dardashti is the US-based granddaughter of Younes Dardashti, a pre-revolutionary master singer of Persian classical music, who performed at...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2023
The Water Garden
Okinawa-born Kojun Kokuba’s The Water Garden was first released in 1993, and proved immensely popular, hence this vinyl reissue, complete...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2023
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s Borderlines...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March 2024
Siniensigui
Hailing from Côte d’Ivoire and descended from Malian griots, Dembele has become a central figure in Britain’s West African diaspora,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
TRUE STORY
Tree-O’s first album UMDALI was a celebration of South African-infused jazz. This second sees the trombonist starting to flex his...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: August/2024
No Rastro de Catarina
Cátia de França is a singer and songwriter from João Pessoa, Paraíba, a city in the northwest of Brazil, which...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/2024
