Reviews
Upstairs in a Tent
Norwegian folk educator and multi-instrumentalist Tellef Kvifte has been a prominent figure in his native music scene for some years...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: September/2025
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Malian multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Tidiani Koné was one of the key figures in the development of modern African music....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
Undercover Beast
Langendorf United scooped a Grammy Award, plus a Top of the World album pick in Songlines in 2023, for their...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Mirra
Benedicte Maurseth's love of, and inspiration in, the environment of the wind-swept alpine Hardangervidda plateau in Norway – where she...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: September/2025
Danse Divines
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson
Danse Divines is the fourth album from this French duo with a sun-kissed Afropean lilt and beats ranging from disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Nubes Selva
Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025
For Those Left Behind
Recorded in the shadow of Lesotho’s Famo gang violence, For Those Left Behind is a defiant, dizzying triumph. The five-piece...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: August/2025
Second Circle the Horizon
To evoke the natural world is an age-old quest for musicians. To accomplish the mission so thoroughly and sonorously, as...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
Evigheten Forestår
Meet Hekate, a vocal trio that have already cast a spell over audiences with their chilling and thrilling brew of...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2025
