Reviews
It’s Not Going to be Okay
A follow-up to last year’s enticingly experimental Teeth of Time, Joshua Burnside’s latest release is a softer, more sentimental offering...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2026
El Mar de Mi Ventana
Flamenco guitarist Niño Josele has made some fascinating excursions into jazz, particularly his exploration of pianist Bill Evan’s music on...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Awalin
Steve Shehan is a man who has been there and done that, earning his crust playing percussion with Paul Simon,...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Handmade
Supplying the music for a big-budget TV ad campaign might provoke eat-ealls from the anti-corporate quarter, but the cash does...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2010
La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio
Spain may have lost Cuba as a colony in 1898 but strong ties remained between the two nations and this...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2011
I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981
According to contributing singer Bessie Leavell Palmer, ‘gospel music is written out of the depths of somebody’s soul.’ Well, this...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
Sicilia Araba
This album is the latest instalment of a longstanding project to reimagine the music created by the Arab population of...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2014
Couleur
Three years after her masterpiece, Miziki, Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré has now taken up the challenge to produce another highly...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Temple of Hope
How can a sense of beauty be found amid fear and cruelty? Saba Alizadeh, on his third album now, continues...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025
Songs From Walking with Spirits
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The re-release of this 2007 album showcases an extraordinary collaboration that brought together Aboriginal songmen with other Australian musicians. It...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023
