Reviews
Play Disco Specials
This is a reissue of the 1976 album originally released by the JAS Pride label in South Africa. The set-up...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
Jazz Tango
A member of Astor Piazzolla's last quintet, Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler shared the innovator's liking for both classical and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Viyezgo: Vimbuza from Mzimba South
Vimbuza is a ceremony of the Tumbuka people of Malawi, where people become healed through trance and the possession of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2022
Mandorla
Pierre Schryer is a household name in Canada and Adam Dobres is an accomplished guitarist who can play just about...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
América Invertida
Inspired by a famous drawing by Joaquín Torres García portraying South America upside down, this compilation centres on tiny, overlooked...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
The Dawning
Founding member of folk group Assynt, fiddler and composer Graham Mackenzie follows his 2016 solo debut Crossing Borders with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2023
Fool's Gold
After Vampire Weekend, bring on Fool's Good, America's latest indie rockers to mine African music in search of fresh inspiration....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Blue Fields
Sister vocalists Marjan and Mahsa Vahdat have made a name for themselves in recent years with a number of joint...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2014
Into the Dark
Swelling unison riffs, ringing drones and lattice-work accompaniment: Into the Dark is a celebration of American string playing par excellence....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2014
