Reviews
Rhythm & Jews Revisited
New York klezmer band The Klezmatics are celebrating their 40th anniversary and that includes a (first-time) vinyl release of absolutely...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
Fire of God’s Love
This 1973 LP is a solo work by the Australian nun Sister Irene O’Connor, who laid down its keyboard parts...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
Moreïne/Déclives
It proves very difficult to tell what is electronic and what isn’t on La Tène’s cavernous and insistent new record,...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: January/2026
Engrained
A purist’s delight. This is a debut album from a quartet of English fiddlers, all with firm reputations on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2026
Afro Baroque
This is a remarkable collaboration between two great, yet very different, musicians. Yakir Arbib, who the press have called “the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2026
O Fado
This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2026
Radio Zodiak
Intercontinental musical collective Owls Are Not brings together musicians from Poland, Malawi and Tanzania in the name of intrepid sonic...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
The Jackdaw Sessions
Rising from the ashes of the legendary Moishe’s Bagel, Triptic (Greg Lawson on fiddle, Mario Caribé on double bass and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Far Driven Sun
Bergamo-based Buck Curran spent ages tracking down a Stefan Sobell guitar he sold years back and has celebrated the reunion...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/2026
