Reviews
Soul Ecstasy
Grammy Award winner Chandrika Tandon’s new album – glowingly titled Soul Ecstasy – provides exactly as promised. Describing herself as...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: January/2026
The Next From Field Commander
Field Commander Ali, otherwise known as Ali Mollica, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who lives in the beachside town...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
HOPE!!
In a prolific burst between 2015 and 2022, Angélique Kidjo released an album with a symphony orchestra, a reimagining of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
Blood Sucking Maniacs
In 1965, a young man from Wichita, Kansas, named Terry Allen performed ‘Red Bird’, the first song he ever wrote,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Grandpa’s Mill
Growing up in Albany, Kentucky, a small town (pop. ~2,000) located on the central Tennessee border, Colton Bowlin worked six...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Heavy Water
Heavy Water is music-making at its most sublimely imagined and laudably purposed. It’s the first album by Magic Tuber Stringband...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Red Sun Rising
Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter Chris Brain has produced a steady stream of albums over the past four years. I wonder if he’s...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2026
The Forgotten Parts
Ian Brennan’s peripatetic career has seen him put to tape a range of recordings from across the world. Alongside notable...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2026
Impressions of Samos
Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos with The Giorgos Pappas Trio
Known for a prolific body of work that moves between jazz, soul and acid folk, UK pianist/composer Greg Foat here...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2026
