Reviews

Fallen Angel

The Unfaithful Servants

Fallen Angel, The Unfaithful Servants’ second full-length release, serves up a splendid sampling of the Vancouver Island-based quartet’s distinctive take...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2026

Diamond Grove

Weirs

Cicadas chitter. A banjo twangs like the opening to a raga. A fiddle flickers. A cow moans. Wait, was that...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026

Drift

Wes Corbett

Nashville bluegrass banjo stalwart Wes Corbett’s new album, Drift, is surprisingly spectacular. A member of the Sam Bush Band, Corbett...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: January/2026

Cathedrals Beneath the Black Mountain

D. West

This is an accomplished, confident new album from Denver guitarist D. West, who leans more towards the ‘new age’ instrumental...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/2026

Acide Balkanique

Balkan Taksim

Looking for a guaranteed smash hit for your next world music dance party? Look no further than Acide Balkanique, the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2026

Maqam Pilgrims

Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble

Egyptian-born oud player and composer Mustafa Said is one of the most illustrious names in Arabic music today. Born blind,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026

Guiss Guiss

Afrodream

Beginning and ending with a Fela Kuti sound bite about the spiritual power of music, ‘La musique de mélange’ kicks...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026

Shy Girl

Hollie Cook

London-based singer-songwriter Hollie Cook returns with a fifth album that sees her outgrow her feel-good, pop-heavy origins into a punchy...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: January/2026

Lek Mak: A Footprint From Bougainville / Hamoris Lian Timor: Reviving the Sound of Timor

Various Artists

These new ethnographic-oriented albums document recent Pacific projects initiated by Australian-based label Wantok Musik in the two formerly war-torn island...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2025

Celestun

Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel

My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel and former Band of Horses lead guitarist Tyler Ramsey have apparently long intended to...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: February/March/2026