Reviews
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Brian Molley Quartet with special guest Krishna Kishor
Jazz musicians from Scotland can claim to be the UK’s most exciting exponents on the scene. Saxophonist Brian Molley is...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: August/September/2022
La Gouache
In 2000, Parisian band Java gave traditional bal-musette (French accordion music) a 21st-century makeover, adding the lyrics of Erwan Séguillon...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021
Mirador
The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020
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An Anthology (1857-1912)
This is a cross¬section of the legacy of Egyptian singer Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi, whose final years of life coincided with...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
We Are Many
Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/2021
Mali All Stars: Bogolan Music
You might have thought there were already enough compilations of Malian music in the world. But this well presented box-set...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
Iorram
Iorram (Boat Song) begins with electro-washes of ambient sound, swooping back and forth, as if in the process of self...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Second Nature
Recent winners of Best World Music Group at Canada’s Folk Music Award, Toronto’s Minor Empire bring a subtlety to this...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2012
Autumn of the World
A familiar array of mostly acoustic instruments deftly wielded in the service of retro-modern styles make for an exceptionally compelling...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
