Reviews
Abu Kenda
Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: November/2024
Traditional Singing from Dublin
Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
Trumpets of Michel-Ange
Long based in France, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was born in Lebanon and this is a tribute to his roots and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024
Tengo un Mustang
Enrique Roberto Tellería was a wild non-conformist in 1960s Peru which sought to sanitise foreign youth music. His rare debut...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Orquesta Olivieri
The second (final) outing of Herbie Olivieri's Nuyorican outfit from 1972. Rooted in New York's salsa sound, there are vibrant...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Start Close In
You would expect from The Rheingans Sisters, Rowan and Anna, the assertion of female autonomy, and ‘Devils’, their take on...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2024
J’ai Mal à Mon Folklore
Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the Québécois trio De Temps Antan are back with a new raft of songs and tunes...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: November/2024
