Reviews
Tech Duinn
Emerging from the creative collaboration between Catalan music-maker Marc Fernández and Irish composer-producer Leo Pearson, Tech Duinn features at its...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025
Pandora’s Box
This is a musical response to war and cruelty. Despite the seriousness of the subject and the dramatic events presented...
Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: August/2025
It’s Been a Long, Long Time
As the title of their fourth full-length suggests, it been too long since we had an album by Scotland’s premier...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Pacifico
Robin Layne & The Rhythm Makers
The Pacific coast is this congenial album’s common denominator: percussionist, composer and educator Robin Layne is based around Vancouver and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Chak Chak Chak Chak
What Captain Beefheart was to the blues, Julián Mayorga is to cumbia. His latest album, Chak Chak Chak Chak, is...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Now here’s an unusual, quirky and charming instrumental set from a French composer with a deserved cult following in the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025
Dožam
With the rise in the number of female music graduates over the past couple of decades in Iran – where...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: February/March/2025
The Original Sound of Mali 2
Malian musicians have faced a rough time in recent years, thanks to political upheaval and security problems, so here’s a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2025
Hinterland
Hinterland – a region beyond what is visible or known – comes with freights of psychological scree, and this striking...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2025
Luminescent Creatures
Following the international success of her 2020 album Windswept Adan, Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ichiko Aoba returns with a spiritual...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2025
