Reviews
Daydreaming
María López is a musical prodigy. She comes from Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of northwest Spain, and although she...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Even Love Should Have Its Limits) – a phrase the Finnish folk duo of violinist Kukka Lehto...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
Fania Records: The Latin Sound of New York (1964–1978)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Continuing its celebration of Fania’s 60th birthday, the Craft Latino label has compiled an indisputable 2-LP ‘Best Of’. The gang’s...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson 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 by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025
Colliding Layers
When the phrase “library music” comes up, the image that comes to my mind is of dusty LPs with modernist...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming 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 by Rosie Solomon 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 by Devon Léger 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 by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2025
