Reviews

Kiriküüt

Rüüt

Rüüt is an Estonian quartet who recorded their first album in 2015, not to be confused with the more minimal...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Aspan

Sababa 5

For their second album, Tel Aviv-based instrumental group Sababa 5 move away from the rather self-conscious pan-global hotchpotch that characterised...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2024

Manual de Romería

Rodrigo Cuevas

For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024

Legacy

SVER

This brilliant Norwegian/Swedish quintet are celebrating 15 years together and they continue to thrill with their take on traditional tunes...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024

Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories A Celebration: 60 Years

Airto Moreira & Flora Purim

These two prolific octogenarians have represented Brazilian jazz royalty for around six decades, so it’s high time for a three-CD,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024

Music in Covid Times

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A treasure trove of North Indian classical and folk music, Music in Covid Times bagged all the most coveted categories...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024

Isolashun

Aditya Prakash

Aditya Prakash’s debut solo album with its phonetic spelling of ‘isolation’ appears to be a direct reference to the pandemic...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024

Waiting for Zion

A08

After an album and a handful of EPs, the duo Africaine 808 marks a step forward after a ten-year career...

Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024

In Ze Early Morning

iZem

In Ze Early Morning is the second album of the nomadic artist iZem, who has become an expert in the...

Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024

Wesselbobs

Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones

Wesselbobs were akin to Christmas wreaths, decorated evergreen foliage, but woven on a spherical frame. These were carried from house...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2024