Reviews
Soft Power
AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire
AJ Holmes grew up in East London and has lived in Hackney for the past 15 years. It's an ethnically...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Engine 54
The Ethiopians were among the first Jamaican artists to signal their pride in Africa. They then achieved the remarkable feat...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2019
Global Control/Invisible Invasion
Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef, aka AMMAR 808, created an extraordinary album Maghreb United, a Top of the World in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Dirt is Good
Perhaps we can forego debating the tastiness of the mouse-on-a-stick, a Malawi delicacy hawked by this eight-piece combo when they...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Fire
Fiery for sure, this bold, all-female, Anglo-Irish bluegrass quintet have made quite a start to their career. They formed in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018
Dilyn Afon
Cynefin is the recording name of West Wales trip-hop-and-jazz-player-turned-folk-musician Owen Shiers. The title translates as ‘Following a River’ and takes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
Still Moving
Adams has long been a bold and adventurous serial collaborator but this album with Mauro Durante – leader of Italy's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Like a River
Muito Kaballa are a nine-piece collective based in Cologne, Germany, that formed in 2019; now, just a few years on,...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
Sesc Jazz: Susana Baca (Ao Vivo)
As one of three such releases – along with Ray Lema and jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Sway –...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
