Reviews
Remains to Be Scene
Not every bluegrass album starts with a cover of Ray Davies’ ‘Last of the Steam-Powered Trains’. But that’s part of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
A Dance More Sweetly Played
It’s rare, as a reviewer, to be sent an album you’ll have on repeat. A Dance Sweetly Played is such...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/March/2025
RAIO
Brazilian producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Felipe Puperi delivers sonic gold on his third album as Tagua Tagua. Released via Brooklyn’s...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2025
The Channel
South East London fusionists Monzanto Sound occupy a space between contemporary jazz, funk, electronica and African diasporic influences. Many bands...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
Hunter Folk Vol II: Tribute to Bantoma Sanogo
This recording by Pelengana Blo, a member of the Donsoya, the Mande hunters’ brotherhood, pays tribute to the society’s rich...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2026
Tilaye’s Saxophone with the Dahlak Band
Saxophonist Tilaye Gebre was one of the stalwarts of Addis Ababa’s popular music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2026
Ajomasé
From the opening beat, Ajomasé announces itself as a percussive odyssey shaped by Gasper Lawal’s boundless creativity. First released in...
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: February/March/2026
The American Revolution
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The American Revolution, a six-part television documentary mini-series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, recently debuted on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
