There are some lovely, sparkly moments in this self-descriptive album from 2015's BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas
The ensemble here is violin (Michalis Kouloumis), oud (Tristan Driessens) and frame drums (Miriam Encinas), and the idea is to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2023
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
‘The Darkening’ is the Northumbrian term for twilight and the music of cloud horizons is crepuscular. The lyrics of ‘Long...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023
Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023
Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita has been on a mission to expand the sound of the instrument, having already been...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
It's an ephemeral and tentatively psychedelic sound that Power delivers on the rather wonderful Dream from the Deep Well. The...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, many of Afghanistan's musicians were forced into exile to avoid arrest, torture...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
This is more than just a meeting of two rock stars – one the lead guitarist of Radiohead, the other...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
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