Reviews
Live at the Sydney Opera House
The oud is normally rather a modest instrument, so an oud concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
One Drop of Kindness
Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023
Caribe
Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023
On the Romance of Being
Based in the Amandawe township in KwaZulu-Natal, Desire Marea has held a place at the centre of South Africa's queer...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2023
11 Dimensions
This is CH Straatmann's second solo album. He's an undeniably talented bass player, who hails from Brazil, with an impressive...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2020
Kar Yagar
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek - which translates as Ocean Lightning and the Thunderbolts - is a trul international band...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2019
Wairunga
Fat Freddy's Drop have been favourites on the local scene for two decades while also building a considerable global following....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021
Gyezz
Released on Michael League’s GroundUP Music label, this latest album from Hungarian five-piece Söndörgő features the distinguished US sax player...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024
Vertigo
Jaune Toujours are a brass-heavy Belgian big band who’ve been active for over 25 years. This is their ninth album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
