Reviews
Audacity (Live)
Audacity (Live) offers a spirited world fusion akin to that of the Silk Road Ensemble, of whom percussionist Shanahan belongs....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2025
Calima
Balimaya Project Meets Discos Pacífico All-Stars
With Calima, London based Afro-jazz fusionists Balimaya Project combine with Colombia’s Discos Pacífico All-Stars to celebrate the deep musical connection...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
Vaquero
Amaker is a deep-voiced Seattle-based country singer who claims David Bowie as his biggest influence, covers songs by Kraftwerk and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Bridge of Glass
Christian Mohr Levisen hails from Denmark, while his musical partner Björn Kaidel comes from Germany. Together, they record as Plønk,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
Dedications
A distributary of the folk futurist group Shovel Dance Collective, Sullows are an improvising outfit consisting of Jacken Elswyth, Daniel...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2025
Kin
Since 2005, Tucker, currently residing on the unceded Esselen tribal lands now known as Big Sur, California, has released nine...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2025
Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2
Woody Guthrie recorded these raw and intimate home tapes in his Brooklyn apartment during 1951 and 1952 as demos for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Whitby
David Boulter is a founding member of alternative rock band Tindersticks, but has been releasing solo music for years. In...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2025
Ghazel
Formed in 2022, the collaboration between the Lebanese duo of buzuq player Farah Kaddour and guitarist/producer Marwan Tohme is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
Club Coco – New Dimensions in Latin Music
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The Dominican-American Charlie Chimi’s ‘Échale Candela’ (Set it on Fire) was what first sparked Mexican DJ Coco Maria to assemble...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
