Reviews
Rosa
Described by some as a Portuguese Billie Holiday, jazz-trained Luísa Sobral uses her fifth release to become a kind of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Supermoon
The Israeli-born Itai Kriss has spent two decades lighting up New York’s vibrant jazz scene with his flute playing, working...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
Widdershins
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have an instinctive, magical musical relationship. Summers’ Scottish heritage (manifest in her work with the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
As part of their ongoing relationship with Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti, Ostinato Records launch the initial instalment of their new Djibouti...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Maori New Zealand
Based in the central Lake Taupo region of New Zealand's North Island, the large Nga Tamariki O Tongariro group perform...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2012
Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)
This is one of the most impressive debut albums in a long time. Effectively, it’s a self portrait of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Word of Mouth
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Reclusive Rituals
In his first album for Batov Records, Tel Aviv-based jazz bassist Shay Hazan takes his sound in a different direction....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2022
