Reviews
A Tablanaut’s Journey
Hear the tabla like you’ve never heard it before! This may seem a bold claim for an instrument central to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2024
Healing Voices
The soulfully-voiced Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse, who performs under the name ESINAM, met the South African singer and guitarist Sibusile...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Desturi
Kasiva Mutua has been making a name for herself as a standout percussionist in Kenyan and African music, fusing the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2025
I Feel It Once Again
Chicago-based fiddle player and singer-songwriter Anne Harris boasts a CV diverse enough to not only include many years touring and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2025
Handed On
During the COVID-19 pandemic Danish trio Dreamers’ Circus couldn’t perform – so they composed, drawing inspiration from traditional Nordic music....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Harpedåm
Tone Hulbækmo holds a unique place in Norwegian music. A singer and a devotee of Norway’s more unusual instruments, especially...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia
Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts with Pete Johnston
The second album from this Scottish duo brings the two to the Scottish folk songs of Cape Breton in Eastern...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: June/2025
The Warmth You Deserve
Stranded Horse with Boubacar Cissokho
Stranded Horse – real name Yann Tambour – is a French musical adventurer whose journey has taken him from the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
In Between
Following her 2024 album with Golestan Ensemble, singer/composer Elana Sasson further explores her Persian and Kurdish heritage on this ambitious...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
