Reviews
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Wielding only the bare necessities – banjo, fiddle and bones – Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, founding members (along with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025
Daydreaming
María López is a musical prodigy. She comes from Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of northwest Spain, and although she...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
Peripheries of Nahavand
Salek is a Tehran-born, Canada-based ensemble leader and tar player versed in the mores of Iran’s dastgāh system of music,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
In Between
Following her 2024 album with Golestan Ensemble, singer/composer Elana Sasson further explores her Persian and Kurdish heritage on this ambitious...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
Live in Berlin
Conceived during the 2011 Syrian uprising, and recorded in concert ten years later in Berlin, this set of pieces by...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
L’Nu’k Mawiejik
Sacred Wolf Singers x Simon Walls
This collaboration between Tee Cloud, founder of the Indigenous Sacred Wolf Singers, and the Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Simon Walls...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Harpedåm
Tone Hulbækmo holds a unique place in Norwegian music. A singer and a devotee of Norway’s more unusual instruments, especially...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Marwar Stories
Thanks to Lorca’s duende theory – which has scant foundation in Andalusian history or culture – we tend to think...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025
Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia
Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts with Pete Johnston
The second album from this Scottish duo brings the two to the Scottish folk songs of Cape Breton in Eastern...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: June/2025
Wheels of Ömon
Japanese experimental outfit Kuunatic attempt to fuse the anarchic ethic of punk with the epic storytelling of progressive rock. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2025
