Reviews
Wild Green
This London-based group have blended their atypical instrumentation of clarinet, percussion, violin and cello to engaging effect on two previous...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
Juyungo: Afro-Indigenous Music from the Northwestern Andes
In the Ecuadorian city and surrounding region of Esmeraldas, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, and Indigenous peoples such...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2025
Menta Selvatica
Gravitating between homes in Milan and Barcelona, versatile Italian singer-songwriter Mila Trani has been producing her Mediterranean Latin-jazz crossover music...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2025
Aylar
In the last few years, a plethora of young bands have arisen with a mission to valorise and recreate the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
The Hell of Helene: Songs for Appalachian Relief
Helene was hell, alright. The deadliest inland hurricane in US history cut a catastrophic path through six southeastern states from...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Mapambazuko
Nyege Nyege are known for avant-garde releases. This record is no different. Titi Bakorta and Ale Hop join forces to...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: February/March/2025
Echoes of Resistance
Has it really been two years since the release of Raz & Afla’s The Cycle? It must be, because here’s...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: February/March/2025
