Reviews

Assikel

Tamikrest

Now on their sixth album, Touareg rockers Tamikrest have always struck a balance between the calm and contemplative on one...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2026

Shadow Child

Abigail Lapell

This is both a concept album and a conception album, featuring a nine-song cycle composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2026

Goodbye Blues

Kiki Cavazos

With Goodbye Blues, Montana-born, New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Kiki Cavazos throws her trail-worn, wide-brimmed straw hat in the retro-classic country ring....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026

PA

Anna Ferrer

Anna Ferrer is a Spanish musician from Menorca who “sings, composes and deconstructs songs from other times”. PA, her fourth...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026

Pegno D’Ammore

Pegno D’ammore

Pegno D’Ammore’s first flowering reimagines southern Italian oral traditions with a rock-driven edge. Led by Pino Ruffo’s salt-worn vocals, the...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2026

Setting

Setting

North Carolina-based trio Setting features members who’ve contributed to some of the more interesting US freak-folk collectives of recent decades,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2026

Racines

Tiken Jah Fakoly

The Ivory Coast reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly continues his penchant for melding Jamaican and West African styles, going a...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Farran

Mairearad and Anna

There is a definite marine vibe running through Mairearad Green and Anna Massie's fourth album Farran, the Scots word for...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Taracá

Jorge Drexler

A significant record, not least because there are so few Uruguayan artists on the world stage, let alone ones releasing...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: May/2026

Julia

Ásgeir

This is the fifth album from Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir and marks his first foray into writing lyrics – previous releases...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2026