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Review of Sealladh

Sealladh

Rachel Newton

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Scottish harpist and singer was commissioned by The National Galleries of Scotland to make music and songs paired with...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2024

Review of Neynik (Mirror)

Neynik (Mirror)

Eléonore Fourniau

Alvas Production

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to Neynik, if there is one thing that we would not suspect, it is that Eléonore is French… This...

Reviewed by Anne Girard Esposito in issue: August/2024

Review of Ishtirak

Ishtirak

Ishtirak

Thawra Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This debut album is an improvised masterpiece coming to us out of Beirut, the city that has suffered so many...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/2024

Review of Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola

Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola

Kampire

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★

Scene-leading club DJ Kampire prides herself on connecting the dots between contemporary and old-school African club music, spotlighting female artists...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024

Review of Joyas del Guajiro

Joyas del Guajiro

Grupo Polo Montañez

Lusafrica/Sony

Rating: ★★★

The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2024

Review of Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk

Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk

Sar Kamler

Duduk House Music

Rating: ★★★★

Butterfly is the debut album by Canadian/Armenian duduk player Sar Kamler, who came to the instrument surprisingly late in adulthood,...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2024

Review of Safa

Safa

Nizar Rohana

Worlds Within Worlds/Art as Catharsis

Rating: ★★★

Palestinian oud virtuoso Nizar Rohana returns with his third album Safa, which is a completely solo effort. While Rohana is...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: December/2024

Review of Volume Two

Volume Two

Will McNicol with Innotet

Will McNicol

Rating: ★★★

Scottish acoustic guitarist Will McNicol’s first collaboration with the Innotet string quartet was lauded by Classic FM and its successor...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2024

Review of Lost Things Returning

Lost Things Returning

We Are Muffy

Country Mile Records

Rating: ★★

This is the second outing with the Cornwall-based, Birmingham-raised alt-folk duo Angeline Morrison and Nick Duffy. Following their debut, which...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2024

Review of OVA

OVA

Afro Celt Sound System

Top of the World

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024

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