Reviews
Cuckoo
Toronto-based Lemon Bucket Orchestra are Canada's version of Gogol Bordello and, like Eugene Hütz, it seems a good many of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024
Mmabatho
Singer, songwriter and producer Tomeletso Sereetsi is something of a hero in his homeland as an exponent of the unique...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
Àbòr Édín
Recorded between Accra and Oregon ‘and various hotel rooms on the road,’ Àbòr Édín – it translates from Afroso’s Gãdangmé...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024
Sage Warrior
This second album from trumpeter and singer Sonny Singh is as energetic and playful a take on his Punjabi heritage...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
Darrere els Horts/Behind the Orchards
In the liner notes to Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols’ second album, Darrere els Horts, what stands out is the sheer...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: July/2025
Nyron Higor
Higor’s first album, Fio de Lâmina, which came out at the end of 2022, was a warm, immersive, instrumental bath...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros
After a long tenure in the horn section of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and working with the likes of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
Electric Chicha: The Singles Collection
A potent brew of Amazonian cumbia, Andean huayno and Latin rock, chicha is a Peruvian good-time hybrid that typically, like...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
Tiny Little Light
Mikey Kenney’s dexterous fiddle playing has long been coveted by folk musicians from across the world. But his songwriting, formerly...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/2026
