Reviews
My Name is Giridhar Udupa
Having performed as a sideman with a myriad of world-class South Asian and Western artists, percussion virtuoso Giridhar Udupa releases...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2025
Love’s Company
There is an arch, stylised and arthouse feel to Turan. The Turkish singer-songwriter is a longtime member of the London...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Un Éloge d’Oblique: Confluence #1.2.3
Constantly exploring and expanding the boundaries of her instrument, French kaval player Isabelle Courroy presents here a three-part album (which...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025
We Are the Keepers
Maybe it’s the feeling of hopelessness that’s enveloped the US right now, or the sense of impending dread as a...
Reviewed by Devon Leger in issue: February/March/2025
Everybody Wants to Be Like Mary
Scottish folk music is no stranger to electronica – going back to the original ‘techno piper’, the late Martyn Bennett...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Carmen 404
With this fourth album, the French-ish quartet Lolomis continue to provide high-grade, adventurous splicings of hard electronics and sylvan folk....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2025
The Instruction Manual
I’d not heard a robotic choir before, and won’t hear one again based on The Instruction Manual’s self-titled debut album....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Pacifico
Robin Layne & The Rhythm Makers
The Pacific coast is this congenial album’s common denominator: percussionist, composer and educator Robin Layne is based around Vancouver and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
FOLKMOSIS
Beth Malcolm’s follow-up to her 2023 debut album, Kissed and Cried, presents a delightful musical triptych that takes the listener...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/March/2025
