Reviews
Live at WOMAD 2023
The highlights at WOMAD 2023 included Mokoomba, the many appearances by Justin Adams, and a commanding afternoon set in the...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Palenque Records Versions
Behind the name El Búho is British-born, France-based producer Robin Perkins. After studying Latin American Studies in Glasgow, he spent...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
1783
With his latest album, 1783, the Nova Scotian hip-hop/R&B artist Lance Sampson (Aquakultre), continues his exploration and explication of a...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
To mark the centenary of the king of zydeco’s birth, and following an acclaimed tribute album on Valcour Records, topped...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Celestun
My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel and former Band of Horses lead guitarist Tyler Ramsey have apparently long intended to...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Rebuilding
Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington
In a move away from their usual collaborative format (James has played on and produced Jake’s last two albums), these...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Living in the Light
Tommy Emmanuel wrote ‘Scarlett’s World’, the first single from Living in the Light, the Australian guitar wizard’s latest full-length album,...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Ambush
With Ambush, Latin jazz specialists In The Woods present a tight eight-track collection that revolves around the work of the...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Cavejaz
Nascimento is a Brazilian-American guitarist, who performs on a range of multi-string, variously tuned, nylon string guitars. Cavejaz is split...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
A Body Like a Home
Following acclaimed collaborations with Laura Robles and Titi Bakorta, Peruvian experimentalist Alejandra Cárdenas, aka Ale Hop, takes a more solipsistic...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
