Reviews

Mountains on the Moon

Paper Wings

Acoustic roots duo Paper Wings float effortlessly between genres with their new album, Mountains on the Moon. Their songs sound...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Taracá

Jorge Drexler

A significant record, not least because there are so few Uruguayan artists on the world stage, let alone ones releasing...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Weaving Gold in Broken Places

Medusa Quartet

Named after the Greek Gorgon feared by society for her ugliness, this Canadian quartet aims to “redefine what is beautiful”....

Reviewed in issue May/2026

TORÓ

Vitor Araújo + Metropole Orkest

The Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest enliven contemporary grooves with artful arrangements. On this live album they aid Brazilian pianist Vitor Araújo...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Pupillo

Pupillo

Pupillo first came to my attention as a percussionist in Nação Zumbi, playing alongside Chico Science when he was still...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Foreign Lander

Mike Ellison

Mike Ellison was a delightful new discovery for me, an old-time Appalachian musician I hadn’t heard of with real ties...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Rising

Lyyra

It seems remarkable that across the US there is currently only one professional all-female a cappella choir. More remarkable, then,...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Alamar

Ana Carla Maza

This album reached me on the day of a UK government travel warning for Cuba, a mighty yet beleaguered island...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Bodies of Water

Toby Summerfield

New Hampshire-based Toby Summerfield’s new collection is a set of intricate instrumentals on guitar, bass and pedal steel, with a...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Nuevos Ríos

Nuevos Ríos

Nuevos Ríos (‘New Rivers’) blends the Afro-Pacific sounds of Colombian group Canalón de Timbiquí, led by vocalist Nidia Góngora, with...

Reviewed in issue May/2026