Reviews
Planet Lam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band's second studio album sees the band move on from the rootsy molam music of...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Ođđa áigodat
Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Space Between
For their new inter-Celtic album, the five-piece Mabon, led by the accordion and voice of Jamie Smith, enlisted Jim Moray...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
Flash of the Spirit
Jon Hassell is a contemporary classical minimalist musician who forged a deep engagement with music from India and West Africa....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
YTILAER
Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest saw his writing point its focus inwards and take on the enormity of...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2022
El Alma de Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, the term jíbaro can refer positively to a mountain-dwelling rural worker or, snobbishly, to a supposedly ignorant...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Sirojiddin Juraev
Born near the Ferghana Valley, a critical point on the ancient Silk Road trading route, Sirojiddin Juraev is a contemporary...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2018
Sandkorn
She’s a proud guardian of the Norwegian tradition, but unswerving creativity, dedication and innovation areundoubtedly qualities that earned Sigrid Moldestad...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Anticipation
Born out of a tour around Trans-Pecos (west Texas), this first album of instrumental duets by guitarists Knowler and Winter...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: May/2021
