Sokratis Sinopoulos and Yann Kirim – Topos (ECM, 2025) Lyra meets piano on Topos by Greek duo Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra) and Yann Kirim (piano). This…
Folk Dances, Fresh Ears: Topos Reimagines Bartók
Category: Album reviews
Erlend Apneseth’s Fiddle-Fueled Supergroup Takes Flight
Erlend Apneseth – Song over støv – Hubro, 2025) On Song over Støv (“Song over Dust”) Hardanger fiddle player and composer Erlend Apneseth bridges folk…
Holly Holden Walks a New Path with al andar
Holly Holden – al andar (Holly Holden Music, 2025) London-based singer-songwriter Holly Holden returns in 2025 with al andar, a colorful and acoustic-leaning album influenced…
Silvana Estrada’s Charming Self-Produced ‘Vendrán Suaves Lluvias’
Silvana Estrada – Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Glassnote Records, 2025) Silvana Estrada frames Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Gentle Rains Will Come) as a document of recovery and…
The Last Poets’ Africanism Spins Back On Vinyl
The Last Poets – Africanism (Africa Seven, 2024/2025 vinyl reissue) The Last Poets have reissued Africanism on vinyl. This formidable recording brings together spoken word…
Don Arbor’s ‘Hope Is Hard To Kill’ Enlists Stef Burns And Mads Tolling
Don Arbor – Hope is Hard To Kill (self-release, 2025) San Francisco Bay Area singer-songwriter Don Arbor will release Hope Is Hard To Kill on…
Desert Grooves and Electrifying Energy : Noura Mint Seymali’s Yenbett
Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett (Glitterbeat Records, 2025) Visionary Mauritanian vocalist and ardin player Noura Mint Seymali returns with Yenbett. The album opens with two…
Tenzin Choegyal Unveils Be The Sky: a Call Toward Renewal, Courage, and Harmony
Tenzin Choegyal – Be The Sky (2025) Tibetan-Australian artist Tenzin Choegyal is set to release his new album Be The Sky (ནམ་མཁའ་རང་གི་ངང་དུ་ཞོག།) in Australia on…
Aqtöbe And Stirred: Diaspora Songs With Local Gravity
Various Artists – Made in Aktobe: Romani, German and Korean Songs from Kazakhstan (Antonovka Records, 2025) Antonovka Records’ 2025 release Made In Aktobe: Romani, German…
Sevdah With a Twist: Igor Božanić Turns Up the ‘Žega’
Igor Božanić – Žega (POP Depression, 2025) With Žega, singer-songwriter Igor Božanić introduces an innovative musical vision he calls sevdah noir, a fictional landscape where…