Reviews
Sharatin
Ensemble Marani are an award-winning group of vocalists singing Georgian polyphony who have been active for over 30 years. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2025
Tel ve Ten
Turkish artist Ozan Baysal makes his debut in an unusual style. Traditional, tonal and jazz harmonic elements build a bridge...
Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: July/2025
fygame
Cultural borders are a lot older, and more cloudy, than geo-political, linguistic and ethnic borders, and this recording demonstrates that...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2025
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad
Originally recorded in 2023, Mayssa Jallad’s Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels is a sonic reimagining of a five-month battle...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
Urban Myths
Swiss/English/Ashkenazi/Sephardic violinist Marc Crofts and his Klezmer Ensemble made up of clarinet, accordion and double bass make for the classic...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025
Inconcreto & Asociados
Colombia’s pioneering Frente Cumbiero are proud tropicanibalismos, a radical, evolutionary outfit dedicated to preserving the traditional cumbia and porro rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2025
Balabeatz
It’s the fourth album in almost ten years for this band created in Toulouse when balafon virtuoso Seydou Diabaté and...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: July/2025
Wild Green
This London-based group have blended their atypical instrumentation of clarinet, percussion, violin and cello to engaging effect on two previous...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
