Reviews
80 Anos (Remixes)
The Orquestra Afro-Brasileira, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1942 by conductor Abigail Moura, played a big band jazz version...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: October/2025
What Love Is
Katie Spencer’s third album proves that she is a fine singer-songwriter, and an excellent guitarist with a style that at...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025
Bridge of Glass
Christian Mohr Levisen hails from Denmark, while his musical partner Björn Kaidel comes from Germany. Together, they record as Plønk,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
Al-hambra
Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Baghdad-born Ahmed Mukhtar studied oud and Western percussion in London. On this album, inspired by a visit to Granada’s Alhambra...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Songs For Workers
Tian Qiyi featuring Jah Wobble
Ridiculously talented brothers John and Charlie Wardle return to further enhance the meeting point between Chinese and Western music. Charlie...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
Tondini plays Mostar Sevdah Reunion Disko 088
Tondini & Mostar Sevdah Reunion
In 2024, Mostar Sevdah Reunion marked the band’s 25th anniversary with Bosa Mara. While the line-up of musicians has changed...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Useza
Among the Shona communities of northeastern Zimbabwe, the matepe, a type of mbira, is used to evoke trance states to...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
No New Summers
Deceptively, No New Summers opens with ‘No Spring Chicken’ – five minutes of solo American primitive John Fahey-style guitar. The...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2025
New World, Lonely Ride
Michael Grigoni & Pan•American
New World, Lonely Ride is the debut of guitar-centric original music by Michael Grigoni & Pan•American. Drawing on elements of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
El Tiempo Quiere Cantar
Anthropology and experimentation combine on this release by Peruvian musician-researchers Dimitri Manga Chávez and Ricardo López Alcas, who “explore the...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2025
