Reviews
Finishing
Best known for his vocal, kora and balafon work with the glorious Afro Celt Sound System, N’Faly Kouyaté now shows...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Carlos Dafé JID025
Composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Dafé is something of a legend for his role in the Black Brazil movement of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2025
Joshua / Same Day Walking
New York guitarist Mason Lindahl’s follow up to Kissing Rosy in the Rain is a double album of sorts, with...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2025
De salige
Norwegian fiddle player, singer and composer Susanne Lundeng returns with a fascinating project – a time-bending collaboration with folk musicians...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2025
L’Antidote
This trio unites the Lebanese pianist Rami Khalifé, Albanian cellist Redi Hasa and Iranian-French percussionist, saz and zarb goblet drum...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Slack Key Heaven
For fans of Hawaiian ki ho’alu or slack key guitar music, what wonderful news it is that the venerable label...
Reviewed by Devon Leger in issue: February/March/2026
Crown And Country
This is a very unusual Australian album, featuring the spoken and singing voices of Warlpiri elders Wantarri ‘Wanta’ Jampijinpa Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2026
Ethiopiques 31
One assumed that the Ethiopiques catalogue had run its course, as it’s now almost a decade since the last volume...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
Tukaluguti
For years, I held up Inuit accordion music as the least-known folk music in the world. There were very few...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: April/2026
