Reviews
Man Shall Be Free
This Ghanaian group’s debut is a fresh collection of highlife jams. Guitar lines unwind through the compositions like a labyrinthine...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
Chule Chule Iwe
Gasper Nali’s third album arrives six years after the previous Zoona Malawi and continues his singular musical journey from the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2025
December/Sedimonthole
Founded by the late South African singer-songwriter Khusi Seremane and US producer and musician Gabriel Cyr, Thaba includes musicians from...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025
Seeds Are Sewing
Listening to this on the day the UK Supreme Court stripped trans people of their rights was bittersweet. Alex Etchart’s...
Reviewed by Rosie Solomon in issue: July/2025
Maa palaa
This is renowned Finnish singer, fiddle player and jouhikko (bowed lyre) virtuoso Päivi Hirvonen’s third solo album away from the...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2025
Glaschu – Songs to a City
Native Gaelic speaker Màiri MacMillan transforms three decades of Glasgow life into a stunning musical tribute with her new album...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2025
Laini Tan
More than seven years after her debut, the second solo album from Egyptian-born, Montréal-based Nadah El Shazly brings all the...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
Tidawt
This new tape from Malian guitarist Ahmed Ag Kaedy and Australian drummer Will Guthrie is full of dynamism. The hot...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2025
Furie
Something of an anomaly in this magazine but also on the pop scene, Anglo-Austrian singer Alicia Edelweiss is one of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025
Fontana Rosa
Multi-instrumentalist Carwyn Ellis returns with an all-star Celtic/Latin line-up featuring Venezuelan percussionist Baldo Verdú, American drummer Shawn Lee, the Isle...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2025
