Reviews
I remember I forget
On her 2001 album as half of Beirut-based synth-pop duo Soapkills, Yasmine Hamdan captured the destruction and rebirth of her...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2025
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After having previously released an album of immersive improvised music with her trio Sharav, interdisciplinary composer and qanun player Yael...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
Encyclopedia Mandolinnica
Mandolinist Ethan Setiawan’s latest album, Encyclopedia Mandolinnica, showcases the Indiana-born, Berklee School of Music graduate’s virtuosic skills in a series...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Mischief In The Musitorium
Frank Swart is an American maverick. A bass player and producer, he has worked and played with blues, rock and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025
Four Spirits
Is Abel Selaocoe the most exciting musician in the world right now? Adding to the growing case is his third...
Reviewed by Oliver Craske in issue: October/2025
Sílvia & Salvador
Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Salvador Sobral
Whenever two high-profile singers make an album together there is the possibility of courting disaster. But Sílvia Pérez Cruz and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Darkening Green
Darkening Green, the debut album by singer-songwriters Tamar Korn and Kyle Morgan, is a definitive expression of the New York-based...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Howl For More
Evolving from the introspective folk of his debut Quiet Rooms to a more ambitious, delicately electrified musical palette, Howl For...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2025
Lindo E’
Announced as “a trip to the past, present and future of marimba music”, Semblanzas del Río Guapi’s second album is...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Radio Lusaka
Alick Nkhata was a World War Two veteran, a freedom fighter against colonialism, a singer-musician who led the Lusaka Radio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
