Reviews
Notes to Self
The Welsh harpist’s first solo album in a decade – following her stunning albums and tours with Seckou Keita and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2026
Jazz Is Dead 026
Working together since 1969, the hugely popular musical partnership of Antonio Carlos and Jocafi combines the folk traditions of their...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: May/2026
Som Sistema
Bern-based Afro-Brazilian singer Mariana Da Cruz’s seventh album is an urban, global-minded set that moves freely across genres, coloured by...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2026
Palagoma
This is a major improvement on ODD OKODDO’s 2024 album Negore. The duo invites veteran Kenyan singer Ogoya Nengo to...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2026
Shadow Child
This is both a concept album and a conception album, featuring a nine-song cycle composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2026
Goodbye Blues
With Goodbye Blues, Montana-born, New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Kiki Cavazos throws her trail-worn, wide-brimmed straw hat in the retro-classic country ring....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Flame Folclòre
Cocanha have done it again. Following their recent team-up with Los Sara Fontán and Tarta Relena on 4132314, the Occitan...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
PA
Anna Ferrer is a Spanish musician from Menorca who “sings, composes and deconstructs songs from other times”. PA, her fourth...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
Pegno D’Ammore
Pegno D’Ammore’s first flowering reimagines southern Italian oral traditions with a rock-driven edge. Led by Pino Ruffo’s salt-worn vocals, the...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2026
