Reviews
Rustin’ in the Rain
Tyler Childers’ sixth studio album, Rustin’ in the Rain,’ is one of the best and brightest indie-country releases in recent...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2023
Marimbitiaos
The electronica-ethnic music dialogue is at least half a century old. The most inspiring aspect of the current scene is...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2023
Hiddo Dhawr
Sahra Halgan is a hero of Somaliland’s music. At home, in the unrecognised Somali state’s capital, Hargeisa, she runs the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2024
Mirantes Emocionais
Melo, a young Brazilian composer, guitarist and singer, with his band O Ministério da Consciência, presents his take on not...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024
Hawaiian Cowboy
‘‘Ohana’ is the Hawaiian word for ‘family’. And slack key is a form of tuning and playing guitar developed in...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2024
Araxes
These tunes are steeped in sadness, arriving from Anatolia, Georgia and Armenia, the homelands of each band member. This is...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2024
Yoyi
Launching the Brighton-based label’s new Cuban Classic Series comes this curio from 1977, originally released on the Areito subsidiary of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
In Ze Early Morning
In Ze Early Morning is the second album of the nomadic artist iZem, who has become an expert in the...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024
Double You
Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain
Catrin Finch continues to startle and amaze. Classically trained, and now surely the finest, best-known harpist in Britain, she has...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
