Reviews
A Loaf of Wax (Live from MOTH Club)
‘Willie’s Lady’ tells the story of a new wife who has more than the usual difficulties with her mother-in-law, who...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2026
Dersim
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin ft. Malabika Brahma
Gültekin plays the saz – a long-necked Turkish lute – while Hovanissian plays the duduk – a pipe hewn from...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2026
GABBEH
NAVA’s debut album, GABBEH, weaves heritage, introspection and exile into a lush, cinematic soundscape. Rooted in her Persian culture, the...
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: February/March/2026
New Quartet: Live At Pierre Boulez Saal
Mainly known as a trumpeter, but also a fine singer and santur specialist, the Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar has been honing...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026
Racines
Zal Sissokho & Laurent Perrault Jolicoeur
Straight ahead jazz and Mande music coalesce with glorious results on Racines, a collaboration between Canadian double-bassist Laurent Perrault-Jolicoeur and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Op 2
Stanislav Yudin & Asnate Rancane
Op 1 doesn't seem to exist, as an album anyway. But if Op 2 is anything to go by then...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2020
Connexion
With his first solo album in six years, the US-based Italian guitarist and composer puts his warm, ear-enveloping signature tone...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: June/2020
Soul for a Compass
A respected performer, tutor and community music project leader in the Highlands, accordionist Henderson is understandably keen to show off...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2017
MandolinMan Plays Bossa Nova
As their name might suggest, the Belgian quartet MandolinMan are all mandolin players. Their first album, Old Tunes, Dusted Down,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2020
Restless Nation: The Music of Andy Teirstein
Andy Teirstein/Marco Ambrosini/Yair Dalal/Mivos Quartet/Cassatt String Quartet
On one hand, ‘world music’ denotes a sound or style resulting from melding instrumentation (including vocalisation) drawn from different cultural...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2022
