Reviews
Les Vents Brûlants
Ensemble Chakâm are a French-based, female trio of fine instrumentalists. They performed a memorable showcase at last year’s WOMEX in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2025
Tech Duinn
Emerging from the creative collaboration between Catalan music-maker Marc Fernández and Irish composer-producer Leo Pearson, Tech Duinn features at its...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025
Neu Om
Amanda Mur’s debut album spins like a richly gothic journey through the netherworld. Ranging from ambience to avant garde, the...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: August/2025
Old Time Fantasias
Tennessee-based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Allred is probably best known for his work as a solo musician, his earlier offerings...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2025
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues
Majid Bekkas with Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake
Gimbri and oud player Bekkas, guitarist Lê and drummer Drake: each has an extensive CV of collaboration through and between...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2025
Ar Lagad-Bleiz
Breton dance quartet Spontus are renowned for the proficiency of their playing. In their music, violin, bass, acoustic guitar and...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: August/2025
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
