Reviews
Made Through Ritual
Founded by the American saxophonist James ‘Plunky’ Branch in the 1970s, Oneness of Juju would forge a soulful style of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Vaquero
Amaker is a deep-voiced Seattle-based country singer who claims David Bowie as his biggest influence, covers songs by Kraftwerk and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Angel
Cerys Hafana found a ballad from the Welsh National Library’s database about a man sent into a 350-year sleep by...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: October/2025
Local Spirits
Six-piece La Chooma weave together a heady blend of instrumental sounds on Local Spirits, their full-length debut. Built on layers...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
Calima
Balimaya Project Meets Discos Pacífico All-Stars
With Calima, London based Afro-jazz fusionists Balimaya Project combine with Colombia’s Discos Pacífico All-Stars to celebrate the deep musical connection...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
The Heart Whispers and Whirls (Excerpts)
Melbourne’s The Resonant Heart is a collective of CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) and BIPOC women and female-identifying artists. This...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2025
Ghazel
Formed in 2022, the collaboration between the Lebanese duo of buzuq player Farah Kaddour and guitarist/producer Marwan Tohme is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
The Dome Sessions
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Designed in 1962 by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, the concrete dome in Tripoli, Lebanon was intended to be one of...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
Toumaro
If it wasn’t for Salif Keita, Kassé Mady Diabaté would surely have been recognised as the finest male vocalist in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025
Mirrormouth
Irish singer, composer, performance artist and puppeteer, Branwen Kavanagh's Mirrormouth shepherds us through a pensive, wistful landscape. Surrealism – both...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: September/2025
