Reviews
Radio Zodiak
Intercontinental musical collective Owls Are Not brings together musicians from Poland, Malawi and Tanzania in the name of intrepid sonic...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
Life & Time
Two Grammy-winning songwriters – one a former NFL footballer, Mike Reid, whose heavily grained voice carries these songs, and the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
Silvana Estrada says she studied at a jazz conservatory so she could “use my voice as an instrument”, and with...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Living Being IV (Time Reflections)
Vincent Peirani | Vincent Peirani
It’s French accordionist Peirani whose name is on this album, however, it should be joined by another: soprano saxophonist Emile...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Earth Is Begging
After a decade of being The KutiMangoes, in 2022, the Denmark-based band rebranded as Sunbörn, vowing to “bring people together”...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2025
Dakan
As opening statements go, you can’t get much more gloriously emphatic than ‘Diyanye Ko’ which kicks off the fourth album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025
There Is Beauty, There Already
Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar’s seventh album is a singular experiment in slow listening and percussive potential. It emerges alongside...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025
Songs From The Cane Fields (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Two decades ago, the 21-year-old Guy Buttery released an instrumental album that redefined South African guitar playing. While his compatriot...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2026
