Reviews
Trigger
From the first few bars of the opening track on the debut album by the Israeli keyboardist Sharon Masur, you...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Marca Passo
Marking the 50th anniversary of their pioneering 1975 debut Azimüth, the 25th album from the Brazilian jazz-funk trio is the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025
El Quinto Cardón
Supergroup Los Cinco Cardones met playing music in Los Cabos, the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula – a...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: October/2025
Working in Wood
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Don’t get me wrong: this album’s fine. It’s well-played, pleasant to listen to and seems to have its heart in...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
MANUŠA II
The Slovak jazz singer Júlia Kozáková continues her journey into the Romani music she holds dear. On MANUŠA II (Manuša...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2026
The Kusum Beat
That the author of the liner notes, in archetypal 1970s African self¬empowerment fashion, signs himself ‘Super Star’ is as likely...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Black &White: Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum
In 2007 and 2009, Dust to D igital released volumes one and two of Art of the Field Recording by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Wona Baba Maraire
Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire is a man of credentials. As half of Shabazz Palaces, he is a Seattle hip-hopper signed to...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Apr/May/2012
Anda Jaleo
Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band
Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Méditerranées
Luxury liners take a similar route – from the Rock to the Bosphorus, skirting the coasts of Spain, France, Italy,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
