Reviews
Our Sorrow
Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori
The sorrow referred to here is that of the women of Iran who, among many other things, are forbidden to...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2024
One Night String Band Vol One
Old Spot, Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza
The story of how One Night String Band came together is worth recounting. Because of gig conflicts, two old-time duos...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Echoes of Becoming
Born in Turkey and residing in Sweden, Canberk Ulas is a player and maker of the Armenian duduk, an ancient...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2024
All Gist
James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg
All Gist, the third album by duelling acoustic guitarists James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg, is an eminently enjoyable, ten-track collection...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Migrant Voices
Migrant Voices is a collaboration between two immigrants to Canada who discovered each other through the global music scene in...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2024
Grietas
Celebrating 15 years since their formation in Santiago, Newen Afrobeat present Grietas, their dynamic fifth studio album. Enriched by a...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2024
Tu Gulî
Olcay Bayir is a British/Kurdish-Alevi singer-songwriter who sings in Kurdish, Turkish and Armenian, and Tu Gulî is her third album,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2024
Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm
It wouldn’t be exaggerating to call singer/guitarist Eric Bibb, son of activist, actor and folk singer, Leon Bibb, now five...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2024
Africatown, AL Ancestor Sounds
After all Ian Brennan’s field recordings of mostly non-professional musicians and singers recorded around the world from Rwanda to Romania...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024
