Reviews
Acadia
Yasmin Williams’ Nonesuch Records debut features the acoustic fingerstyle/lap-tapping guitarist in a variety of solo and ensemble settings across nine...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2024
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Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet
Moroccan oud player Driss El Maloumi has cropped up frequently in these pages, both with a couple of Top of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024
Kanzafula
This album is more transnational than the subtitle (Afro Iraqi Sufi Music) suggests. The instruments used include a synthesiser, saxophone...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: November/2024
Simple Pleasures
Pioneering banjo player, composer and a key leading lady of bluegrass, Alison Brown wears many hats of leadership. She grew...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: November/2024
Talkie Talkie
London-based instrumental four-piece Los Bitchos draw their heritage and all-female members from the UK, Sweden, Uruguay, Australia and Turkey, and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024
8 Sonneurs pour Philip Glass
Breton sonneur Keravec has long taken the bagpipes into new territories; no mean feat for an instrument so ancient. Early...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024
Cuba & Beyond
It's hard to put into words the impact of Chucho Valdés’ 60-year career in Cuban music, but his 13 Grammys...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2024
Another Tide, Another Fish
Andrew Tuttle & Michael Chapman
When cult British guitarist Michael Chapman passed away in 2021, his final demos were entrusted to Australian banjoist Andrew Tuttle....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2024
