Reviews
Collab
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Afro-Cuban pianist Rubalcaba and Brazilian mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda combine to play this impeccable hour of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz,...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
Cuba & Beyond
It's hard to put into words the impact of Chucho Valdés’ 60-year career in Cuban music, but his 13 Grammys...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2024
Abu Kenda
Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: November/2024
Kanzafula
This album is more transnational than the subtitle (Afro Iraqi Sufi Music) suggests. The instruments used include a synthesiser, saxophone...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: November/2024
Gran’s House
Bristol-based DJ and producer Jay Singh, AKA Indian Man, joins a wave of artists of South Asian descent putting their...
Reviewed by Izzy Felton in issue: November/2024
Woodland
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Precision, persistence and grace in the face of adversity, grief and destruction are at the heart of this impeccably intricate...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024
Wake the Dead
San-Franciscan Chuck Prophet teams up with cumbia urbana group ¿Qiensave? from California with roots in Michoacán, Mexico, on Wake the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024
Parlour Ballads
Parlour ballads, as a genre, get poor press as low-grade, middle-class Victoriana, but here’s Jon Boden at the piano (and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024
