Reviews
La Gran Diversión
Out beyond the Buena Vista Social Club there is a piano. Roberto Fonseca will meet you there. Having stoked his...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2023
To Those Who Came Before Us
In recent years, this prolific Egyptian/Australian oud player and composer has received well-deserved acclaim for his instrumental virtuosity, as well...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2023
Songs of My Land
A classical soprano with a decades-long career in early music, Chiyomi Yamada moved back to her native Japan in 2022,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2024
État Coupable
The latest release from Iraqi-Belgian outfit Use Knife, sees Saif Al-Qaissy, Stef Hereen and Kwinten Mordijk plunging deeper into their...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2025
Banbirrngu: The Orchestral Sessions
One of the most beautiful and distinctive voices to ever emerge from Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – better known simply...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: February/March/2025
YO:song
The much-missed group SsingSsing was the vehicle that brought Lee Heemoon to international fame, a genre-blending, gender-bending kaleidoscopic take on...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: September/2025
Kerwanê
Kardeş Türküler celebrate their 21st anniversary with this ‘Best Of’ compilation. They have become such a feature of the musical...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015
Unknown Waters
Though they may have ventured into the southern flatlands of England, the folk duo Megson has always remained close to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2022
Raajroe: The Reindeer Caravan
Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal
With the cinematic sweep of an epic, and with the steady, enduring relentlessness of the rhythms of the natural world,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2022
