Reviews
Guajiro Chic
Following a four-year studio album silence, famed Cuban singer Raúl Paz returns with a good-natured set that leans into themes...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: December/2025
Aloud
Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie
Poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie reconvene for a second album of percussion and poetry, made in one afternoon,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
Pita Parka Pt. II: Nim Egduf
Formed in 2016, Dun-Dun Band are a sprawling 10-piece ensemble from Toronto with members recruited from various jazz-adjacent groups and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2025
Common Stars
Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers feat Ahmed ag Kaedy
Berlin-based band Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers serve up an intoxicating blend of Afro-funk, jazz-rock and psychedelia. With Common...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: December/2025
Guitari Baro
It’s always good to welcome a new label specialising in the kind of music Songlines covers and Chrysalis Global gets...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Mulatu Plays Mulatu
Vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke developed Ethio-jazz in the 1960s, and he’s not stopped since, constantly forging new paths for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2025
Original Broadway Cast Recording
World Circuit protected the integrity of its multi-million selling brand of Cuban nostalgia vigorously, refusing large sums to license Buena...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Selva Selva
Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and a researcher specialising in Amazonian music, Percy A Flores Navarro joins Michel Paredes on bass...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
Whitby
David Boulter is a founding member of alternative rock band Tindersticks, but has been releasing solo music for years. In...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2025
Song of the Birds
Avi Avital is the Israeli virtuoso of the mandolin who’s been taking this super versatile instrument into concert halls around...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2025
