Reviews
Igbo Amaka
Okwy Osadebe & Highlife Soundmakers International
Highlife music is most closely associated with Ghana, but the genre's roots extend across West Africa and beyond. Okwy Osadebe...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2023
Three Seconds | Kolme Toista
Finnish guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen has allowed nearly a decade to pass between his debut album and this...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2023
Facing East
Facing East is oriented primarily towards Armenia, celebrating the folk music of the Caucasus in adventurous fashion. The multi– national...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Mantra Sessions
From the first track, as a free-blowing tenor sax solo jostles with a Hindu peace incantation over an ngoni (African...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2016
Brothers
Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio
Upon first listen, Brothers appears to be just another adventure in the frosty, folky sound-world of northern European jazz. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2017
Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions
Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018
A Tablanaut’s Journey
Hear the tabla like you’ve never heard it before! This may seem a bold claim for an instrument central to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2024
Tablananda
There is a fine tradition of brothers in bands, occasionally accompanied by a sub-plot of sibling rivalry. Fortunately there is...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Painted
Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
Painted is a kind of folk thesis: a powerful argument that all the world's musical styles comprise a patchwork we...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2017
