Reviews
Comfort Food
Indo-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia has flown somewhat under the radar in Europe, winning Songlines’ 2009 Best Newcomer award only after...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024
Metamorphose
Technically a debut, this coming together of three of Montréal’s most accomplished global musicians is as assured as any veteran...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
Mambo Noir Trio
More noir than mambo, this curiosity instantly casts the listener upon gentle but foreboding waves of Scandi piano jazz. Since...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2019
Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2
Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Ikivirta
Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020
Sarda Sarda
This debut album was born of a serendipitous encounter in a tattoo studio between a record label’s talent scout and...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2024
There Is Beauty, There Already
Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar’s seventh album is a singular experiment in slow listening and percussive potential. It emerges alongside...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025
Tambó
Tenor saxophonists are invariably talented improvisers, but not all are equally accomplished composers. Sanchèz, however, operates in the mould of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
The Endless Dance
A Northern Irish composer and a Chinese percussionist have developed their musical acquaintance into a propulsive, electro-percussive suite of experiments....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
