Reviews
Thokozile Collective
Bournemouth-based six-piece Thokozile Collective play instrumental jazz-funk with an African bent. Their debut album – seven covers and two originals...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2024
Väntenätter
This is a welcome second album from a trio formerly known as Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström, three musicians from Norway and Sweden who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
Proxy Music
With a cover aping Roxy Music’s debut album, Linda Thompson launches her proxy project – with family and friends including...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2024
Bilambiyal (The Learning)
It’s been a decade since Radical Son (aka David Leha) burst onto the Australian scene with his brilliant 2014 album...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: August/2024
Ambiance Argile
Maël Salètes is a French musician who has enjoyed an intriguing and far-reaching career. He learned to play the djeli...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024
MŸA
Given the slide trombone’s valveless construction – and notwithstanding its long history in jazz – it’s a wonder it hasn’t...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2024
Mayday
For Québec-based guitarist and singer Myriam Gendron’s fascinating 2014 debut record, she took the unusual step of recording a concept...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024
Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah
Ziad Rahbani is the son of Lebanese icon Fairuz and famed composer Assi Rahbani and a living legend in Lebanon,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024
New Regency Orchestra
Brainchild of Lex Blondin, Church of Sound and Total Refreshment Centre co-founder, New Regency Orchestra is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
