Reviews
The Devil Rides Again
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia
There is no doubt that Fanfare Ciocarlia remain among the fastest and most precise brass bands in the world. And...
Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: August/2025
Star Above the Mountain
Celtic folk duo and married couple Josh and Julie Kinn serve up a handsome listen on Star Above the Mountain....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2025
Hayti Lives
Haiti-born, Montreal-based Vox Sambou co-founded acclaimed Canadian hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive in 2004, while also launching a parallel solo career...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Music from the Dunhuang Caves / Seeking the Tao of Strings
Wu Man | Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki
Wu Man, a contemporary master of the pipa (the Chinese lute) has recently released two albums that demonstrate her fascinating...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2025
Raag Kirwani on Tabla Tarang
Tabla tarang is a set of up to 16 small, wooden dayan drums, arranged in a semi-circle and tuned to...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2025
Sifoa
A prominent custodian of traditional Solomon Islands culture, Natty Dolaiasi hails from the Adegege people of Lau, on the island...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: August/2025
All Living Things
The swelling ‘K-Wave’ of South Korean culture has also buoyed up experimental treasures like Park Jiha. Her work deploys traditional...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2025
To Heart, To Earth
Rick Pedrosa is a multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon, devoted to the sweep and the slide, the clank and the shiver....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
Radio Sevdah
The Bosnian band, who won Best Group in the 2023 Songlines Music Awards, launch a radio station in the form...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Mareld
There are bears and boats here, gusts of wind, a drooping cigarette, though you don’t really need to know the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2026
