Reviews
Dicen que la Muerte murió
With so many musical influences from all over the world, it’s hard to know where to start with this four-piece...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025
The Wind
German Jazz vocalist and composer Simin Tander explores a plethora of folkloric traditions – in particular those of Spain, Italy,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
Children of Albion
Artist Ben Edge released his absorbing large-format compendium of British folk customs last year, featuring vivid narrative artworks and first-person...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
Sweet Rebels – The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Raï
While Algerian rai has often been open to outside influences, the late 1980s saw a period of rapid modernisation as...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2025
A Fiestar
Andy Gola & Colé Colé Orquesta
With a horn section like Earth Wind & Fire on amphetamines, furious percussion, a wailing guitar and potent vocals, the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025
Asar
Pakistani singer Muslim Shaggan comes from an impressive lineage of vocal musicians in two ways. Firstly, his grandfather and teacher...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2025
Tagal
This is Norwegian vocal group Kvedarkvintetten‘s third album, a collaboration between the talented quintet and composer/folk musician Jorun Marie Rypdal...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
Inner Spaces
Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
The latest release from Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and composer and sound artist Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025
Malmin Med Åshild Vetrhus
With rugged fjords, stony cliffsides and fishing villages, Rogaland in Norway is also home to a remarkably raw-sounding tradition of...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025
The Edinburgh Rollick
NYC-based Ruckus – described as “the world’s only period-instrument rock band” – have joined forces with violinist, composer and musicologist...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
