Reviews
Esengo
Given that Afrobeat was born out of a creative culture clash – funk meeting highlife for a riotous party –...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2024
Domino!
The luminous joy of the dance on the album cover — set at the landmark Van Horne viaduct in Montréal...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2024
Extinct But Still Alive
This is Finnish music collective Mama Longhorn’s fourth album in a 13-year career which has seen them acclaimed as among...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2024
Beacons of the Wilderness
McElroy’s latest release, Beacons of the Wilderness, opens with haunting birdsong accompanied by atmospheric strings and a spoken narration. The...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2023
Remains to Be Scene
Not every bluegrass album starts with a cover of Ray Davies’ ‘Last of the Steam-Powered Trains’. But that’s part of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
Inner Spaces
Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
The latest release from Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and composer and sound artist Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025
SEAUXLEAUX
What more can you say about an artist who has all-out mastered his instrument (the fiddle) and taken home two...
Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: July/2025
One Mississippi
Polished but never bland, infusing even the darkest stories with determined hope and beats that get you more than ready...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Arbrasson
Beñat Achiary, Patricia Chatelain & José le Piez
This eerily magical collaboration between experimental vocalist Achiary, sound sculptor le Piez and nomadic artist Chatelain is best listened to...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2017
Simply Whistle
Manchester-based tin whistle player Pat Walsh is considered one of the best in the game and this new set of...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: March/2021
