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NIHT

Sowulo

Season of Mist

Rating: ★★★

The night, mourning and ancient wisdom are among the dark themes of this meditative journey of the soul, a project...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2025

Review of Mischief In The Musitorium

Mischief In The Musitorium

Funkwrench Blues

Need To Know Music

Rating: ★★★★

Frank Swart is an American maverick. A bass player and producer, he has worked and played with blues, rock and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025

Review of Maturity

Maturity

Nadir Ben

Joussour / InOuïe Distribution

Rating: ★★

French-Algerian singer-songwriter Nadir Ben describes his debut Maturity as a personal, poetic release in a Maghreb folk-pop style, and that’s...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2025

Review of {*}

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Yaelllavie

Akuphone

Rating: ★★★

After having previously released an album of immersive improvised music with her trio Sharav, interdisciplinary composer and qanun player Yael...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025

Review of I remember I forget

I remember I forget

Yasmine Hamdan

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★★

On her 2001 album as half of Beirut-based synth-pop duo Soapkills, Yasmine Hamdan captured the destruction and rebirth of her...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2025

Review of Une Voix M’Apelle: The Modern Lebanese Sound Of The Voix De L’orient Label 1967–1984

Une Voix M’Apelle: The Modern Lebanese Sound Of The Voix De L’orient Label 1967–1984

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Now-Again Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Known as the ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ during the 50s and 60s, Lebanon’s prosperous post-war economy saw its capital...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025

Review of Mon Balo

Mon Balo

Luc Moindranzé Karioudja

Compagnie 4000

Rating: ★★★★

Réunion singer, percussionist and composer Luc Moindranzé Karioudja releases his debut album, Mon Balo, in homage to his island’s traditional...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025

Review of Nueva Timba

Nueva Timba

Harold López-Nussa

Blue Note

Rating: ★★

López-Nussa is a Cuban pianist (lately living in Toulouse) who draws from both Latin jazz and his native folkloric sounds....

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025

Review of Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Sessa

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Sessa is a Brazilian musician from São Paulo. His latest album Pequena Vertigem de Amor adds yet another layer to...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Long Journey Home – A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention

Long Journey Home – A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Appalsongs

Rating: ★★★★

John McCutcheon is known for his concept albums paying homage to folks like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. His new...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2025

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