Reviews

Mīt warde

Sarāb

Sarāb’s Mīt warde confronts the turmoil of recent years head-on, transforming helplessness, anger and moral disorientation into an uncompromising assertion...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Metamorphose

Mativetsky, Amiri & Pagé

Technically a debut, this coming together of three of Montréal’s most accomplished global musicians is as assured as any veteran...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Ecstasy: Between Two Seas

Sami Yusuf

‘Epic’ is the word to best describe Sami Yusuf. A British-Azerbaijani singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, he has been hailed as...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Chasing Shadows

Nubiyan Twist

Despite the plethora of guests that guitarist and bandleader Tom Excell’s nine-piece outfit has employed over the course of five...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Tirakat

Ali & Charif Megarbane

It’s not often we come across an album that purports to explore the longstanding cultural traffic between Indonesia and the...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Surrender To Love

Peter Culshaw

Malcolm McLaren once called Culshaw “the Indiana Jones of world music”, and whether in Cuba at the start of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Esperança

Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins

Esperança is a heartfelt collaboration celebrating two distinct but intertwined musical traditions. Fred Martins, from Brazil, and Nancy Vieira, from...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Aegina’s Secret

Yinon Muallem

After a visit to Aegina, one of the Saronic Islands near Athens, Israeli-born composer, percussionist and oud maestro Yinon Muallem...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Di Klezmer Flute Nisht Fargesn

Adrianne Greenbaum

The dramatically fraught, poignantly expository nature of klezmer music courses through Di Klezmer Flute Nisht Fargesn, the latest full-length recording...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Air Senegal

Ben Aylon

The Israeli-born Aylon won a Best Artist nomination in the Songlines World Music Awards for his 2021 album Xalam. That...

Reviewed in issue April/2026