Reviews
Prophecy
Mulele is a UK-based guitarist working in a variety of styles including jazz, pop, hip-hop and world music. Although he...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Chakras & 5 Elements
This album devised by French avant-garde composer and multi-disciplinary artist Pierre Redon, explores connections between sound and healing. Several designated...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: April/2021
Galata
Orchestra Bailam e Compagnia di Canto Trallalero
This is an intriguing imaginary musical journey. From the Middle Ages onwards, merchants from the Republic of Genoa established trading...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Quaranta
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Quaranta, CGS's new release, celebrates four decades of the group's existence. It is awe-inspiring, stirring and soulful; with an array...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2015
Call of the Blues
After meeting at a festival in Mumbai in 2013, the British guitarist Michael Messer and Manish Pingle, who plays the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Welcome Marhaba
Soldiering on, decades after the demise of role models Carte de Sejour (Rachid Taha's old band), Zen Zila is perhaps...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Wife of Urban Law
This splendid set from fiddler Peter Knight, with guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet, oozes confidence from the start,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Maghera Pony
This disc is a bit of an oddity, but is none the worse for it. Matthew Noone is an Australian-born...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Oldies and Old Time
Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Connectivity
Grace Petrie has her huge following of loyal fans and their propensity for singing in mind on her aptly-named new...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021
