Reviews
sMiLes
A creative individualist through and through, Canadian-Haitian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jowee Omicil has assembled another repertoire rich in ideas and...
Reviewed by Christina M. Bauer in issue: January/2026
From Minho to Euphrates
To say that this album explores medieval religious music from around the Mediterranean undersells it. The record subverts our sense...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
Ballad Lines
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
That odd beast – a folk concept album – takes shape in Ballad Lines, a new Scottish folk musical by...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2025
Hunter Folk Vol II: Tribute to Bantoma Sanogo
This recording by Pelengana Blo, a member of the Donsoya, the Mande hunters’ brotherhood, pays tribute to the society’s rich...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2026
Tilaye’s Saxophone with the Dahlak Band
Saxophonist Tilaye Gebre was one of the stalwarts of Addis Ababa’s popular music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2026
Working in Wood
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Don’t get me wrong: this album’s fine. It’s well-played, pleasant to listen to and seems to have its heart in...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Svaleheim
This debut album by singer Adine Fliid and cellist Adam McKenzie presents a sublime listening experience. Fliid is of Norwegian/Danish...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2026
Wahj
On this, his second full-length album, Beirut-born, Amsterdam-based composer, artist and producer Toni Geitani pens a sonic thesis on Arabic...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2026
Open Guitar (Volume One)
The concept behind Australian guitarist D.C Cross’s latest album is intended as an antidote to the frenetic nature of modern...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2026
