Reviews
Paspanga
On every track of this album there's a rich and strange presence in the soundscape, be it a lick, a...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
African Jazz invites OK Jazz
There were two main protagonists in the evolution of Congolese popular music in the 1960s: Joseph Kabasele (alias Grand Kallé),...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
When It Rains It Pours
Tel-Aviv-based bassist Shay Hazan has released two albums foregrounding his playing of the Moroccan gimbri – and that sound makes...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/March/2026
Raghu Dixit
Do you wanna feel good? Raghu Dixit does. He has an exuberant optimism that epitomises modern India. While announcing in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2010
Tell Me Why
Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020
Ki Moun Ou Ye
Nathalie Joachim, a Juilliard alum and Grammy-nominated classical flautist, undergoes a distinctive musical evolution in her second album, Ki Moun...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2024
Rios de Norte y Sur
Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino
Rios de Norte y Sur (Rivers from North and South) is the second album from New York City's Radio Jarocho...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2018
Hyldon JID023
Younge’s output is so prolific that it must be difficult to maintain the quality, especially when he plays virtually all...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
