Reviews

Wahdon

Fairuz

Recorded in Beirut and Athens, and produced by Fairuz's son Ziad Rahbani in 1979, this previously rare LP has been...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019

Ash

Ibeyi

There is so much going on here, on so many different levels, it's hard to know where to begin. There...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

The Long Road and the Far Horizons

Gavin Marwick

It's safe to say fiddler Gavin Marwick is spoiling us. His latest release is a double-CD of 27 tracks, comprising...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2014

Lolo

Soneros All Stars

There is no way you are going to be able to sit still when listening to Swedish producer Jan Bogdan...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Placeless

Kronos Quartet and Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat

Given the track record of Kronos Quartet and Iranian singers Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat, it's not surprising that this is a...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2019

Overtones

Wu Wei & Wang Li

It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016

Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)

Endah Laras | Various Artists

The first thing you notice about In Nem is that there are 96 seconds of silence between each of the...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011

Molly Tigre

Molly Tigre

This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol 1

Eze-Nri Royal Drummers

This is a live recording of an investiture ceremony of an Eze-Nri king. The Nri kingdom of the Igbo people...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020

Agôra

Caixa Cubo

This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023