Reviews
Vol. 01 & 02
Australia’s contemporary jazz scene supplies this absorbing album, which articulates its soulful grooves through a kind of dogma. As if...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2026
Instant Poetry (Just Add Words)
Imagine a raga stripped down to its barest essence, so deconstructed that it’s barely there anymore. That’s the effect sarod...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2026
Ayalal
The Grenoble-based Shubiao Quartet brings together musicians from Mongolia and France. Ayalal features Mongolian morin huur (fiddle), frame drums, tovshuur...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2026
Ndingubani
Singer Bongeziwe Mabandla’s voice, at its highest register, is a singularly plaintive falsetto that articulates so much even before lyrics...
Reviewed by Kwanele Sosibo in issue: July/2026
Enchufada: A Lisbon Club Story
The global reputation of Lisbon as a crucial hub of progressive Afro-diasporic club music wouldn’t be so strong without the...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: July/2026
Zialony Haj
Kapela Kotra is a new band based in Vilnius, Lithuania, though the musicians are Belarusian and Australian. Morgan Rosario Maruthiah...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2026
Canto de Olho
German saxophonist Luise Volkmann and Brazilian guitarist Kiko Dinucci return with their second album as a duo. Both are highly...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2026
Wake
Listening to this charming offering brings you close to the sincerity and enthusiasm of one of multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell’s performances...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2026
Povo Brasileiro
Rua Das Pretas’ Povo Brasileiro is a warm, communal album that captures both spirit and sound. Inspired by Darcy Ribeiro’s...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: July/2026
