Reviews
Evergreen In Your Mind
The Norwegian singer-songwriter returns with a delicate, introspective set of songs for voice and acoustic guitar. Liner notes tell us...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2026
Tirakat
It’s not often we come across an album that purports to explore the longstanding cultural traffic between Indonesia and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2026
WE MEAN IT, MAN!
Eugene Hütz’s American-Ukrainian gypsy-punks have always favoured heavyweight rock producers, with Steve Albini (Nirvana) and Rick Rubin (Metallica/Aerosmith) among those...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
Ecstasy: Between Two Seas
‘Epic’ is the word to best describe Sami Yusuf. A British-Azerbaijani singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, he has been hailed as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Antahkarana
Titled after a word meaning “inner instrument” in Sanskrit, the new album by Bengali-Australian fusion group The Three Seas is...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2026
Sun Gonna Shine
Chiefly now remembered – if at all – for his 1930s work with Tommy Johnson, here Roosevelt Holts proves himself...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Tournivelle
Tournivelle, the second release by La Cuivraille since the band’s founding by violinist Gabriel Lenoir in 2014, showcases a refinement...
Reviewed by Duog DeLoach in issue: April/2026
Music From Somewhere Else: The Enclosure
Currently based in Estonia, British guitarist and ethnomusicologist Stuart Ironside is a graduate of SOAS who blends his classical technique...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026
