Reviews
Wahj
On this, his second full-length album, Beirut-born, Amsterdam-based composer, artist and producer Toni Geitani pens a sonic thesis on Arabic...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2026
Open Guitar (Volume One)
The concept behind Australian guitarist D.C Cross’s latest album is intended as an antidote to the frenetic nature of modern...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2026
Songbooks Live
The excellent quintet WÖR utilises violin, bagpipes, accordion, guitar and saxophones to reimagine 18th-century tunes from the Flanders region of...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2026
Sun Gonna Shine
Chiefly now remembered – if at all – for his 1930s work with Tommy Johnson, here Roosevelt Holts proves himself...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
No Border
It seems that these days (to me, at least) you can hardly scroll for five minutes through TikTok or Facebook...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2026
Legado
Over some 32 years and 17 albums, this 12-piece globe-trotting Puerto Rican outfit has built a formidable live reputation, delivering...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2026
Istanbul Sessions: Mahalle
Here’s the sixth studio LP by Istanbul Sessions, the collective assembled by Turkish tenor saxophonist and Nublu empire-founder Ilhan Ersahin....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2026
Ethiopiques 32
Nalbandian the Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra
Boston’s Either/Orchestra featured on Ethiopiques 20 in a live recording made in Addis in 2004 and resurface here with a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
