Reviews
Danger
Originally released in 1976, Danger fuses Afrobeat, funk and psychedelic soul with biting political and social commentary sweetly delivered through...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: August/2025
Star Above the Mountain
Celtic folk duo and married couple Josh and Julie Kinn serve up a handsome listen on Star Above the Mountain....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2025
In the West
In the West, the third full-length release from Gabrielle Macrae (fiddle, guitar, bass, vocals) and Barry Southern (banjo, guitar, dobro,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
All Smiles Tonight
We’ve yet to fully metabolise our experiences of the pandemic. We can relive facts of the time, list off the...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: August/2025
Hayti Lives
Haiti-born, Montreal-based Vox Sambou co-founded acclaimed Canadian hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive in 2004, while also launching a parallel solo career...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
It’s Been a Long, Long Time
As the title of their fourth full-length suggests, it been too long since we had an album by Scotland’s premier...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Born in the City of Tanta: Lower Egyptian Urban Folklore and Bedouin Shaabi from Libya’s Bourini Records 1968–75
Seemingly a world removed from the lushly orchestrated, exquisitely tasteful music of state-approved Egyptian icons like Mohamed Abdel-Wahab and Oum...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: August/2025
Marca Passo
Marking the 50th anniversary of their pioneering 1975 debut Azimüth, the 25th album from the Brazilian jazz-funk trio is the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025
Chamber Cairn
Recorded across two days deep in the Cumbrian landscape, and written, performed and produced by Jack McNeill on clarinet and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2025
Homegrown
As legacies go, they don’t get much weightier than that of folk icon Woody Guthrie. Homegrown, the latest album by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
