Reviews
Seed
Edinburgh-based harpist Fiona Rutherford presents a beautifully composed listening experience with her latest release Seed. A fine mix of classical...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol
Veteran Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, one of the most prolific and well-respected of South American artists, returns here with a...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2023
Soul & Science
Nickodemus is a New York DJ whose global success has come through mixing house, hip-hop and disco with different sounds...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023
Namian Sidibé
There are fascinating clips online of a young Namian Sidibé performing on Malian TV talent show Mini Star in 2010....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock 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
Ballads of Seduction, Fertility and Ritual Slaughter
Curated by Ned Netherwood and commemorating the 50th anniversary of seminal folk horror film The Wicker Man, Ballads of Seduction,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
Sum // Parts
Toronto-based composer and percussionist Jani's debut album is aptly named, as sum is the Hindi-Urdu word for that vital beat...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023
Fadolinka 2.0
For some years now, Sarajevo singer Maja Milinković has been connecting the musical dots between Balkan and Portuguese traditions. With...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/September/2023
Okemah Rising
Along with 2022's This Machine Still Kills Fascists, Dropkick Murphys’ Okemah Rising stems from a self-directed project, the purpose of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023
City of 1001 Windows
Welcome to the city of Berat, Albania, 2,400 years young, and welcoming, in its time, Roman, Slavic, Byzantine and Turkish...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
