Reviews
Masonolay i Cepo’
The message is a celebration of Taiwan’s Indigenous culture. The medium is rock. Outlet Drift is a trio from Taiwan’s...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
Small Room In Dakar
Multi-instrumentalist Ben Aylon has long been inspired by the music of Senegal. Studying for over a decade with the sabar...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2026
Tribute to Kandia
For more than 40 years, Kaabi Kouyaté’s career has spanned theatre, traditional Guinean music and Mandinka jazz. Now this extraordinary...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2026
Where the Rain is Stored
Neda Mohamadpour, Mehdi Rostami, Isa Farah, Dhaivat Jani
Link Music Lab promotes Persian traditional music with experimental releases that explore fusions with other traditions and cross-cultural collaborations. In...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2026
Memories of Magic – Mahō no Kioku
The first few tracks on this album are a red herring. The soft, cinematic tinkling of ‘Alchemy’ and the somewhat...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: January/2026
Black Diamonds
Seven years after her Top of the World album Mystic Dance, UK-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir returns with a fourth...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2026
Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel, The Unfaithful Servants’ second full-length release, serves up a splendid sampling of the Vancouver Island-based quartet’s distinctive take...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2026
Eu Vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir
Daughter of a thoroughbred fado family, Carminho is also a completely modern artist, weaned on Queen and Caetano Veloso. Talented...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: January/2026
Lisané Bahir
Lisané Bahir, the fourth offering from LA-based Ethiopian keys player Kibrom Birhane is an otherworldly set deftly combining tradition with...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
Dreaming In Gamelan
This Canadian venture follows a long line of music that has been inspired by the Indonesian gamelan, but has moved...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
