Reviews
Air Senegal
The Israeli-born Aylon won a Best Artist nomination in the Songlines World Music Awards for his 2021 album Xalam. That...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
KÖD
Montreal-based Chadian producer, singer and guitarist Caleb Rimtobaye, aka Afrotronix, fuses ancestral African tradition with future-facing electronics. KÖD expands his...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
These Frightening Machines
‘Soften my gaze for a second’, Katherine Priddy sings in ‘A Matter of Time’, ‘a decade swings by’. Too true....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2026
Tournivelle
Tournivelle, the second release by La Cuivraille since the band’s founding by violinist Gabriel Lenoir in 2014, showcases a refinement...
Reviewed by Duog DeLoach in issue: April/2026
Everybody Wants to Know How I Die
The fifth album of demon-haunted country blues from Canada’s scariest songwriter. Sinner takes traditional songs as his jumping-off point, expanding...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Filin
Celebrated Chilean-born saxophonist and Blue Note Records torchbearer Melissa Aldana delves into her love of the Cuban filin musical style...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
Heol Las
Welsh instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s new album, Heol Las, cuts a refreshingly fine dash. Taking traditional melodies from South Wales...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026
Oud for Palestine
Saied Silbak is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of London’s leading oud players and composers. His extensive musical vocabulary...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026
