Reviews
Whispering Sky
Tibetan musician and composer Tenzin Choegyal has been in exile from his home country since the 1970s and based in...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2024
Wonderland
A notable exponent of the fertile Spanish jazz scene, Daniel García delivers a lively piano record that pushes the boundaries...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: December/2024
The Rhizome Project
It could be said that The Rhizome Project is Vermont-based Moira Smiley’s ode to roots music. But the metaphorical rhizome...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2024
7 Portais
Bergamini may come from an academic background but he has played percussion alongside a wide range of Brazilian artists, from...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
Ritual
Links between Cuba and Mexico go back a long time: there is evidence of multiple prehistoric population movements. On Ritual,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2025
Arcadia
A remarkable trait of Alison Krauss & Union Station is the consistently sublime nature of the band’s output. It’s been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
Alé: Iberian Chants
Combine jazz, improv, Iberian folk and flamenco and stand back for a restless, roaming set that opens with a Catalan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025
Aden
Gwilym Bowen Rhys, a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Bethel, north Wales, is hailed as a rising star in Welsh folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025
Niepraudzivaya
Hajda Banda are one of the best traditional bands to have emerged in Poland in recent years. Led by Belarusian...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
