Reviews
Sangú
Mentored by Dizzy Gillespie and now 76, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval can still reach the kind of high notes normally...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2026
When I Am A Fossil
If there were prizes for song titles, Benny Bleu would be a Grammy winner. Reflecting his day job as a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2026
Una Noche en La Habana
Buena Vista All Stars formed to continue the legacy left behind by Buena Vista Social Club. This large ensemble features...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: July/2026
Cicatrizes do Futuro
A few weeks before writing this, I witnessed a live performance of Deafkids in what was essentially a friend’s barbecue...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2026
Vaiano’s Paisanos
This string trio performs songs salvaged from shellac discs produced in the 1920s, made both by and for immigrant communities...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: July/2026
The Dance of Death
For an artist releasing her debut album (following two EPs of traditional songs), the Hexham-born singer and electro-folk musician/producer has...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2026
Long Live Brown Wimpenny
The opening track of Brown Wimpenny’s debut album lasts a quarter of an hour. Well, there are eleven musicians, and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2026
Idol Melodies
Melodi Ghazal’s debut full-length finds the Copenhagen-based artist tracing a path through cultural inheritance and sonic exploration. Raised by Iranian...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2026
I grow accustomed to the dark
Recorded at the ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn as part of a 2025 artist residency, I grow accustomed to the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2026
