Reviews
Oud for Palestine
Saied Silbak is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of London’s leading oud players and composers. His extensive musical vocabulary...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026
Roger Izeidi Presents Vita Matata With African Fiesta
A powerhouse from the golden age of Congolese rumba. African Fiesta was formed in 1963 by singer Tabu Ley Rochereau...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis
More than three decades after their last album as a trio, Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis and William Lee Ellis have...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Väntenätter
This is a welcome second album from a trio formerly known as Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström, three musicians from Norway and Sweden who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
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
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
The Strangers’ Share
The Strangers’ Share sits somewhere west of Cornwall, out there where English mingles with Americana. This Cambridge-based folk duo are...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2026
Incendo
Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026
Riverscape
This new album from Italian pianist Paterlini is true to form in following the ambient pattern that has seen him...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2024
