Reviews
Safe, Sensible and Sane
Despite both having won pretty much every award going for the banjo, Steve Martin and Alison Brown have never collaborated...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: January/2026
Phylipe Nunes Araújo
With his debut album, the singer-songwriter from Pernambuco adds his own poetic, melodic music to that of similar artists from...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Live in Saint Louis, Senegal
Raphaël Pannier Quartet/Khadim Niang & Sabar Group
This recording is a result of a rare meeting of the French jazz scene and the Senegalese tradition of sabar...
Reviewed by Christina M. Bauer in issue: January/2026
Bring Summer
A range of musical styles blow through this pleasing album by this British five-piece – folk, soul-jazz, highlife, disco, rock,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Fake Lines: Sono Levant
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
This new compilation draws together artists from across the Levant region and its diaspora. Put together by the non-profit record...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2026
Till att säga hennes namn
Hailing from Uppsala, Sweden, pianist, vocalist and composer Annika Hammer grew up studying classical music, and later became absorbed in...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/2026
The Kasambwe Brothers
In 2024, The Kasambwe Brothers made their first trip out of Malawi, taking their street music from the township of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2026
Inzovu Y’Imirindi
Recorded in late-80s Rwanda and self-released on cassette, Inzovu Y’Imirindi is a mesmerising rediscovery. Bizimungu Dieudonne and his wife, Agnes...
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: January/2026
Tropidelicos
From Houston, Texas, will you welcome please… guitarist Gio Alejandro and percussionist Coffee Guzman. Add the cheesy synthesised organ of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Oli kerran ryytimaassa…
Pekko Käppi has helped revive the jouhikko, an ancient Finnish bowed lyre, by producing over 10 albums featuring the instrument...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: January/2026
