Reviews
The Deepest Breath
2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Praznina/Emptiness
Best known as a member of the Slovenian ‘imaginary folk’ band Širom, Iztok Koren is an experimental multi-instrumentalist who clearly...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2023
Moriah Plaza
Moriah Plaza co-founders Tamir Chen and Moosh Lahav trace the origin of their band's blend of Brazilian soul, Western jazz...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023
Acoustic
Along with Alpha Blondy and the late Lucky Dube, Ivory Coast’s Tiken Jah Fakoly is part of a righteous trinity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
My Name is Giridhar Udupa
Having performed as a sideman with a myriad of world-class South Asian and Western artists, percussion virtuoso Giridhar Udupa releases...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2025
Neshan
The Ān Ensemble is a nine-piece classical Iranian group led by Sanaz Sattarzadeh, who plays tar. Most of the classic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
The Archive
Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
Out Here on the Perimeter (1989–1996)
By 1989, where the Out Here on the Perimeter boxset begins, Jamaican drummer Lincoln ‘Style’ Scott was a fully committed...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2025
An 424
Imagine an amalgam of traditional Irish folk, post-rock, jazz and the disruptive spirit of Dada, stir provocatively with nine musicians...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2025
