Reviews
Sranan Gowtu
The music of the Republic of Suriname, located in the north-east of Latin America, is unfamiliar to many. There's a...
Reviewed by Bastiaan Springer in issue: Apr/May/2014
Anamores
Earlier in the year, this Puerto Rican singer, drummer and social activist released a righteously indignant single about, she explained,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Sesc Jazz: Susana Baca (Ao Vivo)
As one of three such releases – along with Ray Lema and jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Sway –...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
Beehive
Now here’s a real oddity. Jono Heyes is a New Zealander who apparently lives in a gypsy wagon on the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/February/2024
Live in Turku
Dawda Jobarteh & Stefan Pasborg
Bliss it must have been to have attended the Finnish jazz festival where this live set was recorded featuring the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2024
Faire Ça
Meril Wubslin’s fourth album, born from a crossroads between Brussels and Lausanne, unfolds as a captivating sonic odyssey. Recorded at...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: May/2024
Bleu bleu
There’s a post-COVID movement in Québécois folk music in which artists once known for their traditional roots have moved more...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: August/2024
Curyman II
‘Curyman’, the opening track of Rogê’s (Roger José Cury) follow-up, revisits the final, brief ‘O Vento’ from 2023’s Curyman (reviewed...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Global Grove
Born in Papua New Guinea, with Aboriginal ancestry from the Djaberadjabera people of western Australia, Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula (aka Tjupurru)...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015
Mutation
Newcastle-based Monster Ceilidh Band are much in the mould of Shooglenifty or Peatbog Faeries, with a rich fusion of ceilidh...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2017
