Reviews
Djiyo
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto
Anyone who heard Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto on their last collaboration, Instant from 2022, will probably want to hear...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2025
Noor-e Vojood
Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian is 23 years old, but his music resounds with a sense of ancient mystery. It’s unsurprising given...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2025
Song over støv
Hardanger fiddle player Apneseth emerged on the Norwegian folk scene as a rising star, an exquisite performer, a magnet for...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Nyron Higor
Higor’s first album, Fio de Lâmina, which came out at the end of 2022, was a warm, immersive, instrumental bath...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
Seinferð
Faroe Islands-born, Copenhagen-based Lea Kampmann’s Seinferð (translated as Slow Motion) is characterised by a desire to encourage greater engagement with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2025
Love Warrior’s Anthem
Kwashibu Area Band’s two well-received album collaborations with Pat Thomas have placed them at the centre of a renaissance in...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2025
Improvisations from the Doyen of Kurdish Nay
Respected as a sideman of numerous Persian artists, Kurdish ney or nay (reed flute) virtuoso Shaho Andalibi presents his first...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
Mirror
Trilok Gurtu with Arkè String Quartet
Two decades ago, the Italian-based Arkè String Quartet appeared as special guests on Gurtu’s 2004 album Broken Rhythms, followed two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Live at Another Sky Festival
Recorded live at London’s Café Oto during their Another Sky Festival in September 2023, this is a hypnotic and exhilarating...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
