Reviews
Autopoiética
Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte believes her latest work is also her best. The title refers to an entity’s capability to...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2024
Médikamen
Now 15 albums deep, the music of Texas-born, Louisiana-living zydeco busker Corey Ledet remains as vital as ever. However, this...
Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: January/February/2024
Au Coeur de l’Aube
The Québécois trio of fiddler Pascal Gemme, guitarist Yann Falquet and relative newcomer flautist/accordion player Nicholas Willams deliver their eleventh...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Metgharabiin (Outsiders)
Ramy Essam is known for his appearances on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, regularly in front of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023
Usvyaty: Russian Music from Pskov Region in Modern and Archival Recordings
This is a curiosity. We get relatively few recordings from Russia and as the title says, these are field recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Monajat
Galeet Dardashti & Younes Dardashti
Galeet Dardashti is the US-based granddaughter of Younes Dardashti, a pre-revolutionary master singer of Persian classical music, who performed at...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2023
The Water Garden
Okinawa-born Kojun Kokuba’s The Water Garden was first released in 1993, and proved immensely popular, hence this vinyl reissue, complete...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2023
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s Borderlines...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March 2024
