Reviews
Tree Dimensional Tunes
Former Finnish ballet dancer Maarika Autio went to West Africa to study kora and the diatonic balafon, which is rarely...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: October/2021
Places of Consequence
Cameron Knowler | Cameron Knowler & Eli Winter
Knowler’s first full-length solo album offers 14 carefully considered and compelling songs that merge traditional folk with modern sensibilities. Spending his...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: October/2021
Characters
Flo Perlin may cite diverse musical influences, given her extensive world travel and her Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, but in...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: October/2021
Not Leaving Quietly
Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
A track on a folk album led by a bassoon! That’s a rare pleasure. In ‘Hole in the Wall/Nabo’, the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2021
Leaving None but Small Birds
This is an exciting collaboration from two heavy rock bands exploring traditional music on an album that very much pushes...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: October/2021
I May Never See You Again
This is another stupendous release from the emergent 30M Records. Kamancheh player Saba Alizadeh’s second solo album is an introspective,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2021
Holo Voyage: Inception
Inception is the inaugural release in the Holo Voyage series by Jivamukti Music, which aims to fuse devotional Sanskrit hymns...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2021
Portas
A four-time Latin Grammy winner, Brazilian Marisa Monte returns with her first solo studio album in over ten years. Portas...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2021
Camin Sobiran
Listen casually to this latest release from the Pau-based label in South-West France and you might mistake its minimalism for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Mopepe Mama
Syssi Mananga is a Brussels-based singer-songwriter of Afro-pop leanings and Belgian and Congolese heritage whose debut, Retour aux Sources(Back to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2021
