Reviews
Desturi
Kasiva Mutua has been making a name for herself as a standout percussionist in Kenyan and African music, fusing the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2025
I Feel It Once Again
Chicago-based fiddle player and singer-songwriter Anne Harris boasts a CV diverse enough to not only include many years touring and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2025
Handed On
During the COVID-19 pandemic Danish trio Dreamers’ Circus couldn’t perform – so they composed, drawing inspiration from traditional Nordic music....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Harpedåm
Tone Hulbækmo holds a unique place in Norwegian music. A singer and a devotee of Norway’s more unusual instruments, especially...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia
Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts with Pete Johnston
The second album from this Scottish duo brings the two to the Scottish folk songs of Cape Breton in Eastern...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: June/2025
The Warmth You Deserve
Stranded Horse with Boubacar Cissokho
Stranded Horse – real name Yann Tambour – is a French musical adventurer whose journey has taken him from the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
In Between
Following her 2024 album with Golestan Ensemble, singer/composer Elana Sasson further explores her Persian and Kurdish heritage on this ambitious...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings
Basho was an unconventional and singular 12-string guitarist, an outsider whose music remains uniquely beguiling. Often dubbed the ‘Father of...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: February/March/2025
Black Woman & Child (2024 Remix)
Miguel Collins, far better known as Sizzla, played an intriguing role in reggae history. He began recording in the late...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025
Slavic Folk Songs
Ansis Bētiņš and Artūrs Čukurs, like almost every other Latvian, grew up surrounded by folk songs. No wonder they developed...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2025
