Reviews
Across the Field
Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
The New Faith
Following his impressive 2020 debut album, Spider Tales (reviewed in October 2020, #161), The New Faith fulfils the promise of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022
The Real Revolution
It’s 20 years since the American filmmakers Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke founded Playing for Change, hitting the streets with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
The Resonance Between
Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma, Jack Perla & Del Sol Quartet
While there are countless East-West fusions out there, there are few that sound as effortlessly meant to be as this...
Reviewed by Alexndra Petropoulos in issue: December/2023
The Otium Mixtape
David Kiledjian is a producer/musician based in Lyon. This debut solo album puts us in touch with Lyon’s futurist electronic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2024
After the Morning
Wyndham Baird’s music lives at the intersection of witting imitation, authentic reinterpretation and inspired creation. He sings like his (mostly)...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Wake the Dead
San-Franciscan Chuck Prophet teams up with cumbia urbana group ¿Qiensave? from California with roots in Michoacán, Mexico, on Wake the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024
Into the Loam
From the first opening notes of ‘Ryan’s Rant’, it’s clear this is an unusual take on Irish trad. Into the...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: April/2026
Kabwlú
Legendary Medellin record label Discos Fuentes is not known for its novelty releases, but Kabwlú, a hard-to-find 1965 album, is...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020
Studio One Dub Fire Special
London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
