Reviews
Devocean
This is an album with a mission. Religious singer Kaur has deep roots in Sikhism, but wants her music to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2025
Tablananda
There is a fine tradition of brothers in bands, occasionally accompanied by a sub-plot of sibling rivalry. Fortunately there is...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Painted
Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
Painted is a kind of folk thesis: a powerful argument that all the world's musical styles comprise a patchwork we...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2017
Tales from the Punjab
Shez Raja is the kind of bass player who eschews the back row in favour of centre stage. In the...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2021
Diwan
Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson
East meets West, a musical plot line as near-universal as boy meets girl, provides the basis for this new collaboration...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Encounters
Encounters is a study in subtlety. Bassist Sigurd Hole, known for his work with the famously restrained jazz pianist Tord...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
Intercontinental
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
This World Alone
With a name derived from the Hindi for travel, iyatraQuartet – an ensemble of cello, clarinet, percussion and violin –...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2016
Kamalamba
Raphaëlle Brochet & Philippe Aerts
Stripping back an arrangement to just bass and voice can make for a spellbinding moment of intimacy. Kamalamba is an...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2018
bié Records meets Shika Shika
This collab between Beijing-based label bié and Latin America-focused label Shika Shika is an energising alternative to the well worn...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
