Reviews
Turn to Fray
This debut from the Brighton duo of Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti is the latest release from the prolific Sussex...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2019
Naath
To say that Emmanuel Jal has had a chequered career would be an understatement. A child solider in Sudan, he...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
The Drip
Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...
Reviewed by George Newton in issue: November/2023
Hawalat
It’s been hard keeping track of the work of Charif Megarbane. The Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist has released dozens of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2025
Homegrown
As legacies go, they don’t get much weightier than that of folk icon Woody Guthrie. Homegrown, the latest album by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
Chak Chak Chak Chak
What Captain Beefheart was to the blues, Julián Mayorga is to cumbia. His latest album, Chak Chak Chak Chak, is...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Shiraz
Dedicated to his wife, filmmaker Shiraz Fradi, the latest album by Tunisian oud virtuoso and bandleader Dhafer Youssef is the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2026
Noch Amul! Tango oyf Yiddish Vol 2
Karsten Troyke’s latest CD is a nostalgic tribute to the particular style of Yiddish tangos of the early 20th century....
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes have been conjuring up a mystical world with poetic lyrics and richly textured music for the last ten years,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Albores
The Argentinian bandoneón maestro Dino Saluzzi is a rara avis. He doesn’t play the nostalgic tango-covers card. Nor, despite hailing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
