Reviews

Jardin d’ailleurs

Gaëlle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto

The piano-clarinet duet format, with vocals sung mainly in French, would not be my first choice, but this new release...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel are as close to a supergroup as one can get. A quartet of seasoned members of Warsaw’s alternative...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

All Tied Together

Ye Vagabonds

The fourth album from the brothers Diarmuid and Brian MacGloinn and their collaborators is packed with fine melodies and great...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Medzotermina

Mimika Orchestra

Formed in London in 2010 by composer/bandleader Mak Murtić and Maja Rivić, Mimika Orchestra are an avant-garde jazz-world ensemble now...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Poravna

Vesna Pisarović

In the English speaking world Vesna Pisarović might not be an household name, but in the post-Yugoslavian pop music scene...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

True Picture

Veronika Varga

With True Picture, Hungarian folk singer and double bassist Veronika Varga offers a strikingly intimate debut – an album that...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Next Of Kin

Dani Larkin

Belfast-based Larkin follows up her 2021 debut Notes For A Maiden Warrior with the spellbinding Next Of Kin. A mix...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

MANUŠA II

Júlia Kozáková

The Slovak jazz singer Júlia Kozáková continues her journey into the Romani music she holds dear. On MANUŠA II (Manuša...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Vol.1: El Sueño Se Deshizo Para Siempre

Sonetos del Amor Oscuro

This Belgian quartet are named after the Federico García Lorca sonnets that form the verbal heart of this repertoire. The...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

The Other Place

Aisling Urwin

Irish harper Aisling Urwin’s second solo album is a haunting, experimental and hypnotic listen that perfectly blends harp tradition with...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026