Reviews
Echoes from a Faded Past
What do you get when you cross a Swedish guitarist, a Danish cellist and composer, a Jordanian singer, oud player...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Farewell/Despedida
Immigration is such a hot topic, where the sentiments and creativity of a migrant may be difficult to hear over...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: April/2024
Boarding Pass
Widely rated as the ‘most valued pianist in Haiti’s jazz scene,’ Reginald Policard’s long career has spanned some 50 years;...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: September/2024
Talkie Talkie
London-based instrumental four-piece Los Bitchos draw their heritage and all-female members from the UK, Sweden, Uruguay, Australia and Turkey, and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024
Weġgħat Żgħar
What a surprise to hear an album sung predominantly in Maltese. Infused inevitably with Mediterranean influences, bolstered by perceptible Levantine,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2024
Slåtter fra Gaupdalen IV (Tunes from the Lynx Valley IV)
Originally from Estonia, fiddle player Jüssi has spent much of her life travelling around the Nordic countries as well as...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024
Lyric
Stelios Petrakis is one of the finest Cretan lyra players in action today, although he’s also playing the lute on...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2026
Archeology
Montparnasse Musique are an unstoppable Afro-Futurist dynamic duo: Algerian-French DJ/producer with a visual arts background, Nadjib, and South African house...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2022
DNA
Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Colombian Soul
What comes to mind when someone mentions Colombia? Most probably cumbia, perhaps vallenato, a blast of champeta. If you've ever...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2019
