Best New Albums
Top of the World – December 2018
The month's best new albums, including Gaye Su Akyol, Bixiga 70 and Karine Polwart
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Best New Albums
Top of the World - May 2019
The month's best new albums, including The Gloaming, Le Vent du Nord and Kronos Quartet and Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat.
Best New Albums
Top of the World – June 2018
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the June 2018 issue
Best New Albums
Top of the World - March 2019
The month's best new albums, including Damily, Lisa O'Neill and Lau.
Best New Albums
Top of the World - April 2019
The month's best new albums, including Blick Bassy, Carminho and Leyla McCalla.
Best New Albums
Top of the World - June 2019
The month's best new albums, including Ye Vagabonds, AKA Trio, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening and Minyo Crusaders.
Best New Albums
Top of the World – October 2019
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the October 2019 issue
Live reviews
Lucrecia Dalt, Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany, October 7
Lucrecia Dalt drops deeply into a Colombian song-form dub-minimalist miasma at Heidelberg's Enjoy Jazz festival…
Features
Mandolin | Musical Instrument Guide (with Alex Vann)
Glenn Kimpton finds out why Alex Vann, of Spiro and Three Cane Whale, traded in his f-hole instrument for a round-hole mandolin
Best New Albums
Top of the World – August/September 2018
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the August/September 2018 issue
Best New Albums
Top of the World – January/February 2020
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the January/February 2020 issue
Best New Albums
Top of the World – January/February 2019
The month's best new albums, including Vaudou Game, Subhasis Bhattacharya and Jeremy Dutcher
Best New Albums
Top of the World – August/September 2019
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the August/September 2019 issue
News
WOMEX Coming to Manchester
WOMEX have announced that their 2024 edition will be turning Manchester into a haven of world music next October
Features
Rowan Rheingans: “We need to learn not to be afraid to sit with some sorrow and grief. We need to make room to feel and have compassion”
The musician Rowan Rheingans has a new solo project and album that are part-memoir, part-theatre. She talks to Julian May about the many influences that shaped these works
