Reviews
Bodies of Water
New Hampshire-based Toby Summerfield’s new collection is a set of intricate instrumentals on guitar, bass and pedal steel, with a...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2026
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Cocanha, Los Sara Fontán & Tarta Relena
Getting three different duos with very assertive personalities in the same studio and expecting it to work may sound a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
Liberatsiya
‘There are mines underfoot; in the sky there is a swarm of drones… our mothers are praying for us’. The...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Unveiled
Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan
Coming out of Montréal and Canada’s rich Persian music scene, this debut album, Unveiled, from Parisa Karimi Molan is a...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2026
Chasing Shadows
Despite the plethora of guests that guitarist and bandleader Tom Excell’s nine-piece outfit has employed over the course of five...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
Tambó
Tenor saxophonists are invariably talented improvisers, but not all are equally accomplished composers. Sanchèz, however, operates in the mould of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
Cantigas
On Cantigas Nilza Costa takes a direct approach to music that is often exoticised or treated as ornament. Born in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2026
Ring-A-Bellin’
German-born Nashville resident Thomm Jutz’s new solo album is a big affair, with 18 songs spanning over an hour. However,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2026
