Reviews
Cracks in the Room
Eased into existence via a Kickstarter campaign and produced by Chris Wood – his first production job on music other...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2017
Crazy Groove
Internationally renowned for his work with Miriam Makeba and Toots Thielemans, and for popularising forró music in Brazil, the Brazilian...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Up River Overseas
Old Salt are a six-piece collective of musicians from the US, Belgium, Sweden and Scotland who first came together at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Suron Ki Sayen
Avra Banerjee is an Indian composer and sarod player based in Australia and he’s got some impressive instrumentalist and vocalist...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024
Baarakelaw
Samba Touré may have started out playing alongside his mentor, the legendary Ali Farka Touré, but has gone on to...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2025
Peripheries of Nahavand
Salek is a Tehran-born, Canada-based ensemble leader and tar player versed in the mores of Iran’s dastgāh system of music,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
Undergrowth
This is the fifth album as leader by the Oslo-based trumpeter, who has long been a fixture on the Norwegian...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: February/March/2025
El Viejo Caminante
Dino Saluzzi, Jacob Young, José María Saluzzi
The Argentinian father-and-son team of Dino and José María Saluzzi, who play bandoneon and classical guitar respectively, are joined here...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
S’AII Vibration
This is the third album from Niwel Tsumbu, a Congolese guitarist, composer and vocalist who has been based in Ireland...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
