Reviews

Turnar

Hekla

Named for the medieval French castle tower in which it was partly recorded, Turnar is the third album from Icelandic...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Tatekieto

PulciPerla

What’s in a name? PulciPerla is the marriage of two long-standing groups: the high-energy Toulouse quartet of drums, bass, accordion...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Live in the Khaleej!

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi & Boom.Diwan with Arturo O’Farrill

This project is inspired by Al-Mulaifi’s grandfather, one of the last of a generation of Kuwaiti master pearl divers, and...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

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 in issue May/2025

Colliding Layers

Alex Figueira

When the phrase “library music” comes up, the image that comes to my mind is of dusty LPs with modernist...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

For the Olives

Trendafilka

With For the Olives, New Orleans-based Trendafilka extends the legacy of Eastern European polyphonic singing into the 21st century. An...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Out Here on the Perimeter (1989–1996)

Dub Syndicate

By 1989, where the Out Here on the Perimeter boxset begins, Jamaican drummer Lincoln ‘Style’ Scott was a fully committed...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Abundância

Maria João

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of her career, Portuguese singer Maria João is releasing one of her boldest records to...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Do You Remember?

Sonic Interventions

Hailing from Germany, this amorphous cross-cultural jazz collective have been making waves on the Berlin underground with their infectious grooves,...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

B O D I E S

B O D I E S

Berlin-based Australian singer-songwriter Kat Frankie leads an eight-member all-female a cappella vocal ensemble on this, the group’s debut self-titled album....

Reviewed in issue April/2025