Reviews
San Paolo di Galatina
These last few years Raül Refree has become the go-to producer for southern European singers wanting to carve out a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
Bodies of Water
New Hampshire-based Toby Summerfield’s new collection is a set of intricate instrumentals on guitar, bass and pedal steel, with a...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2026
Metamorphose
Technically a debut, this coming together of three of Montréal’s most accomplished global musicians is as assured as any veteran...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026
Ecstasy: Between Two Seas
‘Epic’ is the word to best describe Sami Yusuf. A British-Azerbaijani singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, he has been hailed as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
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Cocanha, Los Sara Fontán & Tarta Relena
Getting three different duos with very assertive personalities in the same studio and expecting it to work may sound a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2026
Liberatsiya
‘There are mines underfoot; in the sky there is a swarm of drones… our mothers are praying for us’. The...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Vishap
Armenian singer-composer Victoria Alexanyan moved to Lyon to study French language and culture in 2018. There she began to combine...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: May/2026
Chasing Shadows
Despite the plethora of guests that guitarist and bandleader Tom Excell’s nine-piece outfit has employed over the course of five...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
LÉVE LÉVE Vol. 2: Sao Tomé & Principe Sounds 70s-80s
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
It’s been six years since Bongo Joe’s first volume of sounds from these two former Portuguese colonies in the equatorial...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
