Reviews
Journeys
Brian Molley Quartet & The Asin Langa Ensemble
This record deepens the engagement of Scottish saxophonist Molley with Indian music. On 2022’s Intercontinental, Molley’s focus was on Tamil...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2025
Cosán Casta
Aoife Ní Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy
Cosán Casta means ‘winding path’, an apt title for this collaboration between fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain and pianist Cormac...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/2026
Spíra
Ólöf Arnalds was part of the wave of Icelandic talent that swept into the broader musical consciousness in the early...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: February/March/2026
Masonolay i Cepo’
The message is a celebration of Taiwan’s Indigenous culture. The medium is rock. Outlet Drift is a trio from Taiwan’s...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
Health is Wealth
Macka B loves fruit and veg. So much so that the British-born dancehall veteran has released an album in dedication...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
Funky Pangolin
The Ghanaian guitarist Kyekyeku – pronounced Tche-tche-kou – formed the Ghanalogue Highlife project in Accra a decade or so ago, although his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
Tinn Tout
Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Monroe Bus
Inspired by a dream in which Bill Monroe, generally acknowledged as the father of bluegrass, lamented a lack of appreciation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
La Yave de mi Kaza
The album's title means ‘The Key to my Home’ in the Ladino language of the Jews that were expelled from...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015
