Reviews

Aboogi

Imarhan

All aboard the Touareg camel train once again for Imarhan’s third album Aboogi – and a serene, timeless trip across...

Reviewed by Nigel Willamson in issue: March/2022

Ghost Owl

Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow

It's boom time for bird-themed music. Folksinger Sam Lee has his nightingales project; composer Cosmo Sheldrake's Wake Up Calls samples...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021

Helsinki

Lepistö & Lehti

This is a musical marriage made in heaven between an accordionist (Lepistö) of exceptional elegance and beauty and a bass...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Jiuta & Kotouta

Ensemble Yonin No Kaï

Ensemble Yonin No Kaï were formed in 1957, when each of the four members was awarded a gold medal at...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2019

Archivo Pittoresco

Lula Pena

Having released albums in 1998, 2010 and now January 2017, Portuguese singer-songwriter-musician Lula Pena is by no means prolific. She...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017

The Cycle

Raz & Afla

A deep contemporary African groove underpins this release – the first of album length from dance music experimentalists Raz &...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023

A Drop for Neptune

TRIP

A Drop for Neptune marks the debut album for Glasgow based six-piece TRIP, and it’s an album steeped in the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2022

Consciente y Positiva

Paco Mendoza

If there was ever an artistwho encompassed the whole global reach of cumbia music, Paco Mendoza would be it. Born...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2011

Just Be

Tulca

Novel attempts to fuse the traditional musics of Ireland and Iran were beginning to make themselves felt on the edges...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2021

Tördelős

Dresch Quartet

Sax and flute player Mihály Dresch is the leading figure in Magyar jazz and he formed his first quartet in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017