Reviews
Inner Spaces
Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
The latest release from Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and composer and sound artist Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch,...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
The Edinburgh Rollick
NYC-based Ruckus – described as “the world’s only period-instrument rock band” – have joined forces with violinist, composer and musicologist...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
At My Mother’s Piano
Can memory be preserved through sound? Can a place and a point in time be captured in the soft fall...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Mogador
Maâlem Soudani comes from a lineage of Gnawa Maâlems long associated with the Zaouia Sidna Boulal, up near the ramparts...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Breath / Ah / Aliento
In Breath, Persian singer Farnaz Ohadi makes the impossible seem easy, weaving two complex traditions, Persian classical music and Spanish...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Blŵgras
In terms of dazzling instrumental expertise, Taff Rapids can stand alongside the best bluegrass bands on the planet. With the...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Vaivaik
From Taiwan, Sauljaljui is one of the island’s strongest vocalists, hailing from the aboriginal Paiwan people. She performed an impressive...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Maisha Ya Mtaani
Mchiriku is a style from the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, based on circular riffs and chords played on...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Matchless
Formed in 2005 under frontman Steve Lewis’ direction, Deep Cabaret are a shapeshifting group who’ve made a name plumbing the...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Orchestral Qawwali – Live at Birmingham City Hall
Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa with Ben Palmer & The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Combining Sufi (Islamic mystic) qawwali (devotional singing) with Western orchestral arrangements, the Orchestral Qawwali project has been making waves for...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
