Reviews
Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
Silvana Estrada says she studied at a jazz conservatory so she could “use my voice as an instrument”, and with...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Living Being IV (Time Reflections)
Vincent Peirani | Vincent Peirani
It’s French accordionist Peirani whose name is on this album, however, it should be joined by another: soprano saxophonist Emile...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Earth Is Begging
After a decade of being The KutiMangoes, in 2022, the Denmark-based band rebranded as Sunbörn, vowing to “bring people together”...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2025
Dakan
As opening statements go, you can’t get much more gloriously emphatic than ‘Diyanye Ko’ which kicks off the fourth album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025
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
Songs From The Cane Fields (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Two decades ago, the 21-year-old Guy Buttery released an instrumental album that redefined South African guitar playing. While his compatriot...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2026
King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
To mark the centenary of the king of zydeco’s birth, and following an acclaimed tribute album on Valcour Records, topped...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2026
To Whom Ourselves We Owe
Adam Weikert was directed towards folk music as a form of social prescribing – a chance to engage with a...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: February/March/2026
Gil Brenton
Seventies folk provides the throbbing heart of the mighty Magpie Arc’s second full-length album, Gil Brenton. The title-track opens with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: February/March/2026
