Reviews
Bird Tunes
This newly composed instrumental suite from fiddle player and composer Rutter is a work of melodic charm, entirely inspired by...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024
Keyeyî
Ali Doğan Gönültaş is the rising star of Kurdish music in Turkey. This album is just him solo, his emotional...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2024
Tales of Orisas
The Nigerian-born jazz percussionist Lekan Babalola and British clarinettist Kate Luxmoore formed the Sacred Funk Quartet ‘following a commission by...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
Deep Sea Vents
Deep Sea Vents is a self-consciously quirky, sometimes witty and occasionally beguiling ten-track album of songs by Bruce Hornsby in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Nasim-e Sahar
Bahareh Fayazi & Asareh Shekarchi
Nasim-e Sahar, featuring the duo of Bahareh Fayazi on tar and Asareh Shekarchi on tombak and avaz (Iranian classical singing),...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2024
BRSB
Bacao pan out of Hamburg, lending a Caribbean touch to rap hits, although some of these covers are somewhat mainstream...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2024
Cold Sea
Cold Sea is the first solo release from Oisin Leech, who may be more familiar as one half of Irish...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024
Skin
Engaging folk with contemporary issues Maddie Morris’ debut full-length album, Skin, is an insightful listen. A deeply socially conscious songwriter,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024
Jolifanto
For all its depth of tradition, flamenco has always been moved by innovation. In 1979 Camarón de le Isla’s La...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2024
Merengue Típico: Nueva Generación!
These ten vintage 45 rpm rompers, most around three to four minutes long, are from the late 60s and early...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2024
