Reviews
Laments
Independent vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and somatic healer Laurel Premo offers a quietly stirring catharsis in Laments, a grief work in four...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: January/2026
To Heart, To Earth
Rick Pedrosa is a multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon, devoted to the sweep and the slide, the clank and the shiver....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
Nexus
Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazavi is a master of traditional Persian instruments, the tombak (a goblet drum) and the daf...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026
Heavy Combination 1966–2007
When Kenyan singer and activist Joseph Kamaru passed away in 2018, his grandson (also named Joseph Kamaru) felt an urgent...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: January/2026
Cosán Casta
Aoife Ní Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy
Cosán Casta means ‘winding path’, an apt title for this collaboration between fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain and pianist Cormac...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/2026
Mareld
There are bears and boats here, gusts of wind, a drooping cigarette, though you don’t really need to know the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2026
A’ Chailleach
Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s A’ Chailleach is, to quote, “a concept record rooted in female folklore, spell work and hidden...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Chigiyo Music Kings 1987–1998
Way back at the dawn of the 1980s, the slow’n’rootsy style of Zimbabwean chimurenga, as played by the mighty Thomas...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
La Huella de las Cuerdas
Classical guitarist Berta Rojas presents a high-concept multimedia project that explores the history of the guitar across Latin America. Over...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/2026
