Reviews
The Makam: Oud (Live Performance at Karaca Garage)
Born in Istanbul, Turkish ud virtuoso Baha Yetkin has cultivated a busy career as a performer and composer over the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: August/2025
Counterclockwise
Long-running Californian folkers Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl have delivered an epic and ambitious slice of weird Wicca folk with...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2025
Elan
A confessed city boy, Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, wrote this album during a year-long residency in Wales’ Elan...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: August/2025
Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience & Joy
A beautifully curated collection of music, Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience & Joy doubles as a powerful moment of acknowledgement of...
Reviewed by Sosefina Fuamoli in issue: August/2025
Cowboy Sutra
In Cowboy Sutra, Hal Cannon, a specialist in early Utah folk music and a founding member of 3hattrio, mines the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
Stealing Time
I rarely use the phrase ‘golden voice’, but on this new album from Newfoundland folk singer Matthew Byrne, his voice...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2025
Church of Kidane Mehret
In the years since the death of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru in 2023, we have been lucky to hear archival...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2025
Darrere els Horts/Behind the Orchards
In the liner notes to Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols’ second album, Darrere els Horts, what stands out is the sheer...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: July/2025
Glaschu – Songs to a City
Native Gaelic speaker Màiri MacMillan transforms three decades of Glasgow life into a stunning musical tribute with her new album...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2025
