Reviews
Calling
It is heartening when a thing of beauty emerges following an existential threat: this album is a case in point....
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: July/2022
Music of the Travellers
This well-executed album is something of an oddity, having been produced by a quartet of musicians who all play in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018
Ndiarigne
In his native Senegal, Batch Gueye performed mainly as a dancer, but since moving to Bristol, he has honed his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
In the Mood for the Nouba
For serious students of North African music and aficionados of the rarified and demanding canon of Arab– Andalus poetic tradition,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2011
Where The Rivers Meet
Joik and jazz are two words that describe Where The Rivers Meet comes from. While both styles resemble each other...
Reviewed by Elisavet Sotiriadou in issue: June/2010
Putan de Cançon
The latest album by the neo-troubadours of Marseille, or to be more precise, the adjacent port of La Ciotat, opens...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Riitti
This debut album from Finnish duo, Liisa Haapanen (cello, voice, percussion) and Janne Ojajärvi (harmonica, jaw harp, flute, voice and...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2022
D'rect from the Shire
Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra
D'rect from the Shire was recorded live at the ‘Sofa Sessions’ at King's Cliffe Village Hall. It opens with ‘Canned...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017
Mulatu of Ethiopia
Mulatu of Ethiopia is the record where the ‘Father of Ethio-jazz’ really solidified his signature sound and earned himself that...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
