Reviews
When They All Looked Up
For her first album of new material in six years Kate Rusby has recorded, mostly, songs of her own. These...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
El Sonido Bastardo
Madrid’s Danzón El Gato occupy a similar sonic space to US band Khruangbin, melding psychedelic rock influences with a plethora...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2025
Peripheries of Nahavand
Salek is a Tehran-born, Canada-based ensemble leader and tar player versed in the mores of Iran’s dastgāh system of music,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
For Those Left Behind
Recorded in the shadow of Lesotho’s Famo gang violence, For Those Left Behind is a defiant, dizzying triumph. The five-piece...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: August/2025
Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?
The introduction to a third generation of the Kuti family came with Mádé’s 2021 debut album For(e)ward, yet its impact...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Old Time Fantasias
Tennessee-based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Allred is probably best known for his work as a solo musician, his earlier offerings...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2025
Ego
This international collective formed 15 years ago in Brussels to explore their Afro-Colombian roots and fuse traditional rhythms with the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2025
Danse Divines
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson
Danse Divines is the fourth album from this French duo with a sun-kissed Afropean lilt and beats ranging from disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
The Winter Yards
This is – believe it or not – the first solo studio album from English folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Undergrowth
This is the fifth album as leader by the Oslo-based trumpeter, who has long been a fixture on the Norwegian...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: February/March/2025
