Reviews
LIVE – Olympiahalle München
LaBrassBanda hail from Bavaria, and this homecoming concert found them playing to 12,000 fans. You read that correctly: not 1,200...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Music for the Mother
The Sierra Nevada is a special mountain range. On the Caribbean coast, it’s the highest peak on any ocean and,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
The Vessel
Colombian composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Ospina indulges in Latin and African lounge grooves on his debut album, recorded in his...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2025
At the Feet of the Beloved
The brothers Rizwan and Muazzam’s new album is very much in keeping with the Khan family tradition, notably that of...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2025
The Myth of the Golden Ratio
This London-based quartet is made up of the three brothers Yussef, Ahmad and Kareem Dayes (who play, respectively, drums, trombone...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016
The Gloaming
Their live performances last summer positioned The Gloaming as one of the most exciting developments in Irish traditional music in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2014
The Salmon
This is a Franco-Jamaican reggae compilation, spiced up with shots of blues, country and soul. The Salmon’s members each boast...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2024
Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)
The first thing you notice about In Nem is that there are 96 seconds of silence between each of the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
The Art of the Geomungo Sanjo
This reviewer must admit to being a big fan of sanjo, the extended, almost jazzy Korean instrumental genre. It typically...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2013
