Reviews
Shadows
Shadows is an avant-garde exploration of South East Asian musical traditions. Like the shadow puppetry that Indonesian gamelan often accompanies,...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2025
The Ballad of the Gatekeeper
English folk music, in finding its commercial feet over the past decade or so, has become easier on the ear,...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: September/2025
Write It Down
The second album by self-described “New York-based rock and roll and rhythm and blues garage gospel band” Jackson and the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
Nishabourak
Hamid Motebassem and George Crotty Trio
This collaborative album is born of a musical meeting at Toronto's Experimental Link Series event. The series focuses on celebrating...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: September/2025
Yörüklük
Elena Hristova has performed with the Macedonian group Baklava since 2006, but now for her solo career she calls herself,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
Terra Mãe
When she metamorphosed from Carolina to LINA_, the Portuguese singer signalled that she would leave traditional fado behind and venture...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2025
Spilla
Founded in Nantes by Australian drummer-percussionist Will Guthrie in 2019, Nist-Nah is an ensemble combining Javanese gamelan instruments with other...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2025
Devocean
This is an album with a mission. Religious singer Kaur has deep roots in Sikhism, but wants her music to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2025
Metamusik Festival Berlin ‘74
Previously unreleased, this pristine recording captures the Pakistani master of the kyhal tradition of Hindustani classical vocal music, Salamat Ali...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2025
Rwanda Sings With Strings
On the surface, the fifth album by Rwandan duo The Good Ones is a departure from the usual modus operandi...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
