Reviews
This is the Place
Hartwin is diatonic accordionist Hartwin Dhoore, here joined by violinist Pavel Souvandjiev and cellist Flavia Escartin, balancing the worlds of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
sMiLes
A creative individualist through and through, Canadian-Haitian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jowee Omicil has assembled another repertoire rich in ideas and...
Reviewed by Christina M. Bauer in issue: January/2026
Tanuevo
Bandonegro is a Polish tango quartet. Over the course of their 15-year career, they have developed a style that, inspired...
Reviewed by Gabriel Cócaro in issue: January/2026
Soundscapes of Nicosia
Nābu Pēra are a trio from the Greek Cypriot capital Nicosia on vibraphone (Natasa Hadjiandreou), flute (Demetris Yiasemides), frame-drum (Savvas...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
Sangat
Sikh founder Guru Nanak’s retinue included a Muslim rabab (Afghan lute) player. Inspired by this, Sangat makes a pitch for...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
Diamond Grove
Cicadas chitter. A banjo twangs like the opening to a raga. A fiddle flickers. A cow moans. Wait, was that...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026
From Minho to Euphrates
To say that this album explores medieval religious music from around the Mediterranean undersells it. The record subverts our sense...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
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
