Reviews
The Golden Angle
It's hard to know what to make of this album. David Benedict is clearly an extraordinarily gifted young musician, zipping...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
This Is Not Fusion
Too many fusion projects, argues Amit Chaudhuri, are simply an adding–on of ignorant exoticism, a mystical sitar or sexy Latin...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2010
The World of the Duduk
The Armenian duduk is one of the most beautiful instruments on earth. The soft, plangent sound exudes a sweet sadness...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Addis Through the Looking Glass
Given that Dub Colossus's debut, A Town Called Addis, was one of the best albums of 2008 and that this...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2011
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
The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite
Truly a concept rather than a story, this comes at you ‘packed with utopia and sermons for righteous earthlings… those...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2021
Earthcycle
This third ‘mixtape album’ from Orchestra of the Swan continues the classical ensemble’s adventures into bending and breaking genre boundaries....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
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
Glory of the West
Here's an 18th-century fashion that needs reviving: the dance fan. Women took fans to dances to send elaborate signals as...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2018
Espontáneo: The Abdala Sessions
Maykel Elizarde, Dayron Ortega Guzmán, & Eduardo Silveira
Meaning ‘Spontaneous’, Espontáneo is more a recording of a coincidental collective than a band per se. While in Havana working...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019
