Reviews
Up She Flew
In the near-decade since her solo debut, 2009's The Open Road, New York-born, Galway-based flautist Steph Geremia has immersed herself...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2026
Cubafrobeat
Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi
Lokkhi Terra are one of London's most authentic groups. They are a Latin-flavoured collective whose keyboard player and bandleader Kishon...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2026
Daqa'iq Tudaiq
Away from his work with various North American alt-rock bands such as Suuns and BIG|BRAVE, the Canadian-based composer/producer Radwan Ghazi...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2026
Muraqaba
Fanna-fi-Allah, meaning ‘To Annihilate the Self,’ is the name of a Canadian-American group specialising in qawwali, the devotional music of...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2026
Starfall
Dublin-based string trio Slow Moving Clouds hit the mark with their 2015 debut, Os, a melding of delicate, warm melodies,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2026
La Tradition Américaine
La Tradition Américaine is the second album by The Blue Dahlia, a pan-Atlantic project led by Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter and ukulele...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2026
Akoustikòs
Blending their southern Italian roots with influences and instruments from Arabia, North Africa and the Touareg people of the Sahara,...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2026
Motel Llamado Mentira
With a background in burlesque and theatre, the Spanish singer known as Vinila von Bismark uses music as a very...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2026
