Reviews
Hidden Soul of the Fjords
Heidi Torsvik & Lazerus Winter
Heidi Torsvik and Lazerus Winter's Hidden Soul of the Fjords invites you to take a Nordic journey of discovery and...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: March/2021
Harley Kimbro Lewis
Collectively, Martin Harley, Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis draw upon low country and backwoods blues, Appalachian folk balladry, cosmopolitan R&B...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2022
Raï is not Dead
Fanfaraï Big Band have been known as just Fanfaraï since their inception in 2005, but have now renamed owing to...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: July/2018
Hombre de Piedra
Axel Krygier, the Buenos Aires-born, Switzerland-based multi-instrumentalist, is back with another catchy and refreshingly unpredictable disc. His quirks have definitely...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Apr/May/2015
Live from the Union Chapel
Born out of informal Burns Night gigs in London, Band of Burns brings together 12 musicians from Scotland, Ireland, England,...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
Les Voies du Monde
This group of French avant-garde jazz improvisers are not always an easy listen, but there are rewards to be had...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2018
Joudour
Bekkas has been a Gnawa fusion artist for more than three decades, founding his Gnaoua Blues Band back in 1990,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
Sarawoga
Dedicated to his son Sam, who died in a tragic car accident, the Zimbabwean veteran’s latest album opens with the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Risplendenti, Riversi
Nataša Mirkovic & Michel Godard
Bosnian-born Nataša Mirković has been exploring the borderlands between early music and Balkan melodies for some years. Both categories are...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2021
Kintal da Banda
The Angolan legend José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho, aka Bonga, turns 80 this year and his latest album is released...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
