Reviews
Chamber Music
It’s always good to see young guitarists coming through and flying the flag for acoustic instrumental music. Miami-based Conor Moore...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2026
Cantigas
On Cantigas Nilza Costa takes a direct approach to music that is often exoticised or treated as ornament. Born in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2026
Langs
This is a welcome third release from a trio with a distinctive approach to Norwegian folk music. With a core...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2026
Istem
Vegar Vårdal feat. Johannes Martens
Norwegian fiddler and pianist Vegar Vårdal has been performing for over 30 years and is an acclaimed teacher and composer...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2026
The Path Before Us
Crossing is a trio that unites players from Burkina Faso and Italy, featuring Petit Solo Diabaté (kora, n’goni, balafon), Nino...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2026
Sun in the Sands
Owen Spafford, Will Allen and Ben Filmer-Sankey
Last year fiddle player Owen Spafford created the wonderfully weird album Tomorrow Held with guitarist Louis Campbell. Now, he’s got...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2026
Midnight Hurricane
This is an impressive debut album from North Carolina’s teenage bluegrass prodigy. Asher Brinson is just 16 years old, but...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: June/2026
Blood Sucking Maniacs
In 1965, a young man from Wichita, Kansas, named Terry Allen performed ‘Red Bird’, the first song he ever wrote,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2026
The Endless Dance
A Northern Irish composer and a Chinese percussionist have developed their musical acquaintance into a propulsive, electro-percussive suite of experiments....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2026
Eternal Life No End
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland
The debut album from Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland is far from the duo’s first encounter. Their paths...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2026
