Reviews
Journey of Joy
In the wake of the groundbreaking East-West duets between Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, 50 years ago the sitar player...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
Susuma
Susuma harnesses the groove engine of West African highlife and hitches it to the sensitive stylings of 1970s soul. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022
Obra Viva de Hermeto Pascoal – Vol. 1 Flautas
Aline Gonçalves, Andrea Ernest Dias, Carlos Malta & Eduardo Neves
Hermeto Pascoal (1936–2025) was one of Brazil’s most adventurous and influential musicians. Known as ‘The Sorcerer’, this multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2026
Blues from Elsewhere
Koby Israelite isn’t a man to be put in a box. Indeed, the Israeli-born, south London multi¬instrumentalist is a world...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2013
Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)
The first thing you notice about In Nem is that there are 96 seconds of silence between each of the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Every musical should have a soundtrack album which can be bought by people who loved the show so much that...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2011
Lost Things Returning
This is the second outing with the Cornwall-based, Birmingham-raised alt-folk duo Angeline Morrison and Nick Duffy. Following their debut, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2024
Highlife
In his previous work, Ghanaian trumpeter Peter Somuah has brought flavours of highlife into the idiom of contemporary jazz. With...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2025
