Reviews
Cool Down the Heat
Junior Murvin became reggae’s falsetto voice of choice with his 1976 hit ‘Police and Thieves’, a song whose popularity in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
Gleann Ciùin
Singer’s Gleann Ciùin is her second album dedicated to evoking the Cairngorms. It’s framed by two epic 19-minute tracks, the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
Song of the Birds
Avi Avital is the Israeli virtuoso of the mandolin who’s been taking this super versatile instrument into concert halls around...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2025
Stop Over
Zimbabwean mbira player and singer Nasibo Mutize met French guitarist-pianist Raphaël Joly (aka Zigwiton) in the latter's adopted home of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2025
Nuevos Ríos
Nuevos Ríos (‘New Rivers’) blends the Afro-Pacific sounds of Colombian group Canalón de Timbiquí, led by vocalist Nidia Góngora, with...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2026
Norteña
For her first studio album in four years and a new memoir, Julieta Venegas has chosen the same title: Norteña....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2026
Langs
This is a welcome third release from a trio with a distinctive approach to Norwegian folk music. With a core...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2026
No Border
It seems that these days (to me, at least) you can hardly scroll for five minutes through TikTok or Facebook...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2026
Massa
Fatoumata Diawara has never lacked conviction, and Massa is her most openly devotional record yet. Working again with Matthieu Chedid...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2026
El Mal de l’Amor: The Songbook of Gustavo Durán
Spanish composer Gustavo Durán had one of those extraordinary lives that largely surpasses any imaginative fiction. He was a pianist...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2026
