Reviews
Tomorrow Held
Opening with minimal, subliminal guitar, very quiet and very still, an expressive fiddle soon eases in, the two shapeshifting around...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: September/2025
Sametou Sawtan
Lebanese sextet Sanam's second release consolidates the brooding post-rock territory proposed on their 2023 debut, Aykathani Malakon Again, Sandy Chamoun's...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2025
Ao Vivo
Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
In 2024, Caetano Veloso and his younger sister Maria Bethânia reunited half a century after they first performed together for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
A spacey buzz is slowly cranked up in volume as Cheb Bakr's ‘Allom’ opens this collection of Libyan cassette tracks....
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2025
Kapaim
Multi-instrumentalist Uri Brauner Kinrot has been leading his Ouzo Bazooka outfit for over a decade now, helping pioneer a blend...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: September/2025
Fikira
Fikira sees the meeting of musical traditions both between and beyond the islands of Réunion and Mayotte, two French overseas...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: September/2025
Upstairs in a Tent
Norwegian folk educator and multi-instrumentalist Tellef Kvifte has been a prominent figure in his native music scene for some years...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: September/2025
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Malian multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Tidiani Koné was one of the key figures in the development of modern African music....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
Undercover Beast
Langendorf United scooped a Grammy Award, plus a Top of the World album pick in Songlines in 2023, for their...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
