Reviews
Two Strings
Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman
It's uncommon to have two violins in a klezmer band; more frequently, one violin vies with clarinet and other solo...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Sargal
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In 2023, the New York-based trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze and Senegalese kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko teamed up with flamenco...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Tuff Times Never Last
Seven-piece collective Kokoroko are one of a clutch of UK acts that channel the righteous grooves of Afrobeat into their...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Shadows
Shadows is an avant-garde exploration of South East Asian musical traditions. Like the shadow puppetry that Indonesian gamelan often accompanies,...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Spilla
Founded in Nantes by Australian drummer-percussionist Will Guthrie in 2019, Nist-Nah is an ensemble combining Javanese gamelan instruments with other...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Devocean
This is an album with a mission. Religious singer Kaur has deep roots in Sikhism, but wants her music to...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Take What You Want
This Sheffield via Jamaica MC has a background in jazz fusion, being the frontman of TC & The Groove Family...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Undercover Beast
Langendorf United scooped a Grammy Award, plus a Top of the World album pick in Songlines in 2023, for their...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Songs for the Mist Forest
Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
The music created by childhood friends Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman serves as a reflection of their natural surroundings. While...
Reviewed in issue August/2025
