Reviews
Viv Tolerans
Ingrid Brännström, Sanna Källman, Anna Ottertun and Maria Stellas formed Tetra in 2006; the four female vocalists have backgrounds in,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2015
Some Part of Something
American-born, Scotland-based harpist Cheyenne Brown, dobro player and guitarist Dave Currie and master percussionist Dave Boyd first got together as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Kanzafula
This album is more transnational than the subtitle (Afro Iraqi Sufi Music) suggests. The instruments used include a synthesiser, saxophone...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: November/2024
Woodland
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Precision, persistence and grace in the face of adversity, grief and destruction are at the heart of this impeccably intricate...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024
Jazz is Dead JID022
Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
In 2022 and at 86-years-old, Ebo Taylor performed in the US for the first time. Already a legend of highlife...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2025
Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller
Trèvol present themselves as a young quartet picking on traditional instruments and repertoire, while inserting jazz, pop and folk elements....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2025
Pool
Did someone say ‘funky folk’? Yes? Well, you’ve come to the right place. The sixth studio album from multi-instrumentalist Ross...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2025
MUTANT
MUTANT is the perfect name for this shape-shifting album of bulbous beats by Moroccan producer Guedra Guedra (Abdellah M. Hassak)....
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: October/2025
Eu Vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir
Daughter of a thoroughbred fado family, Carminho is also a completely modern artist, weaned on Queen and Caetano Veloso. Talented...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: January/2026
