Reviews
Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot + Ra)
One of the most enigmatic figures in jazz, whose musical legacy and Afrofuturistic mythology stretched way beyond genre limits, this...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2024
South Atlantic Blues
South Atlantic Blues was first released in 1968, at the same time as Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. While Morrison’s album...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2024
Black Beauty
Originally released on the Soweto label back in 1975, Black Beauty is a classic album of early South African township...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
Diamond Days
Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
Out of the Ashes
Folk, blues, swing, world music and jazz combine to weave their trade winds across UK-based French singer Julie Abbé’s fine...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2024
CultureRize: Bamako All Stars Vol I
All-star projects can often end up with curate’s egg on their tracklists. The Bamako-based collective with the cumbersome name are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
2gether
An intriguing meeting of two Iraqi Jewish artists who have spent years in Israel and Turkey (in the case of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024
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Hulbækmo & Jacobsen Familieorkester
My first encounter with Hans Hulbækmo was when he was a final year student at the Trondheim Conservatoire, the outstanding...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024
Live At Carnegie Hall
Playing live at New York’s Carnegie Hall is a career-crowning moment for Latin American artists, representing global recognition and a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2025
The Peacock and the Sunflower
Veretski Pass are one of the world’s leading traditional klezmer bands, partly because they search out unusual and little-known repertoire....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2025
