Reviews
Lyric
Stelios Petrakis is one of the finest Cretan lyra players in action today, although he’s also playing the lute on...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2026
Aia Haja?
On Aia Haja? Bobo & Behaja channel the dust and heat of Madagascar’s bals-poussière (dust balls) into six raw and...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2026
The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music Vol. 1
For anyone with an interest in the development of 20th-century American music and counterculture, Harry Smith needs little introduction. A...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2026
Ascending
Stevens & Pound with Robert Macfarlane
Good luck pigeonholing this debut from classically trained percussionist Delia Stevens and harmonica and melodeon player Will Pound. It draws...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2026
The Path Before Us
Crossing is a trio that unites players from Burkina Faso and Italy, featuring Petit Solo Diabaté (kora, n’goni, balafon), Nino...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2026
Let Us Clap
Lamisi is a singer-songwriter from Accra with roots in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana. The project’s musical director...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2026
Filin
Celebrated Chilean-born saxophonist and Blue Note Records torchbearer Melissa Aldana delves into her love of the Cuban filin musical style...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
KÖD
Montreal-based Chadian producer, singer and guitarist Caleb Rimtobaye, aka Afrotronix, fuses ancestral African tradition with future-facing electronics. KÖD expands his...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
Songs from the Temple
Singer and dance artist Bageshree Vaze’s eclectic new release is a mixed affair, though fans of Hindustani music will find...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: February/March/2026
