Reviews
All My Friends
A little more than a century after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution secured American women the right to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Süeda Sings Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu: an unconventional contemporary female public figure in Turkey, for half a century she commented with her songs on...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2024
Way Highly
A salty dog of an album, Oklahoma roots musician and one-man band Brad Fielder’s new album (or long-ish EP), Way...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2024
Saru l-Qamar
Shivers. Another manifestation of electro-ambient-music from the Global South. I had to think of Naujawanan Baidar’s Khedmat Be Khalq, the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2024
Out of the Ashes
Folk, blues, swing, world music and jazz combine to weave their trade winds across UK-based French singer Julie Abbé’s fine...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2024
Badā
Farah Kaddour’s inaugural solo venture, Badā, unfolds as a deliberate exploration of the buzuq, a Persian lute akin to the...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
Cuimhne Ghlinn: Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar
Two worlds, two traditions, collide to enjoyable effect in David Murphy’s long-playing debut, Cuimhne Ghlinn, its Explorations in Irish Music...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2024
YIÊH
Gabon-born singer Pamela Badjogo honed her chops as a backing vocalist for Grammy-winning powerhouse diva Angélique Kidjo, then went on...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2024
Évohé Bègue
Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
