Reviews
Carry Them With Us
Chaimbeul's richly experimental new album sits perfectly in Glitterbeat's almost always excellent catalogue of outlier artists from world music traditions;...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
Fun An Altn Klezmer Heft: Beautiful Music from Old Manuscripts
Susi Evans is a dynamic clarinettist from Shekoyokh and this is her second duo album with Hungarian-born, German-based accordionist Szilvia...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2023
Itkuja Suite: Invocations on Lament
The itku lamentations of eastern Finland were originally performed at funerals and weddings, usually by women. This cathartic tradition developed...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2023
Flow Country
Westward the Light | Westward The Light
Westward the Light mark their fifth year as a trad quartet with Flow Country, their second album release. It's an...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2023
Atma (The Soul)
UK-based sitar player Roopa Panesar's latest album, Atma (meaning soul) is said to be ‘theperfect album for a troubled world.’...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2023
Beauties
Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret
The first full reissue since its initial release in 1976, Beauties features the two enigmatic female singers Aselefech Ashine and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
When the Dust Settles
Second albums are said to be the most problematic creations, particularly after an outrageously strong debut, like Balimaya Project's Wolo...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: October/2023
L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
