Reviews
Album No. 1
Les Abranis were founded in the late 1960s by singer Karim Abdenour and organ player Shamy El Vaz, two young...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2025
The Vessel
Colombian composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Ospina indulges in Latin and African lounge grooves on his debut album, recorded in his...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2025
Tribute to Juan Carlos Cáceres
Le Collectif Tango Negro Ensemble
Le Collectif Tango Negro Ensemble is a project led by the double-bassist Carlos Buschini, here playing acoustic bass, that recreates...
Reviewed by Gabriel Cócaro in issue: December/2025
Soon In Your Village
The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra has unleashed this year’s primary global fusion spinner, with all disparate elements intact, shaven down to...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Turn O Spinning Wheel
Sheffield’s storied musical pedigree is further burnished by Mishra, a folk collective supplying a beguiling ‘Indo-fusion’. The group deftly bring...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025
Transformation Time
Best-known until now as the lead vocalist for the LA band Chicano Batman, Bardo (whose full name is Bardo Martinez)...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025
Inspirar
Danças Ocultas | Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Meydan
Meral Polat is a Dutch singer of Turkish-Kurdish descent, devoted to exploring the space left by 70s Anatolian psychedelia and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2025
