Reviews
Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost
For Jon Wilks’ fourth album he has broadened the sonic palette of 2021's spare Up the Cut, adding Jackie Oates’...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2026
Sufi Trance of the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud
This album from the formidable Ensemble Al-Kindi is their first release since the untimely death of their founder Julien Jâlal...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2026
Naamu
For years, bass player Teun Creemers has played behind illustrious West African artists like Harouna Samake (Salif Keita’s kamelengoni player)...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: June/2026
Yeahno Yowouw Land
Yeahno Yowouw Land is deep and earthy, and high and celestial; it's a land of swirling euphoria and wholesome, grounding...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: June/2026
Ecuatoriana – El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981
Another sparkling release from Analog Africa's rich goldmine, this time centring on one of the great 70s pioneers of Andean...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2026
Itkuja Suite: Invocations on Lament
The itku lamentations of eastern Finland were originally performed at funerals and weddings, usually by women. This cathartic tradition developed...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2026
The Songs Which Are
This Toronto-based ensemble continue their exploration of musicalising the work of the late self-taught Nova Scotia poet Alden Nowlan, around...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2026
One Day
It's titled One Day because it took just that for the remarkable fiddle player Jenna Reid to record this exquisite...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2026
Vida
At 92, Portuondo is now older than Compay Segundo was when the original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2026
Parranda La Cruz
Based in Lyon, Parranda La Cruz are a vocal and percussion quartet founded by the two female voices, Venezuelan expatriate...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2026
