Reviews
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Balkan Beats SoundLab
You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
Los Miticos del Ritmo
British producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s love for Colombia grows ever deeper with Los Miticos del Ritmo, his new instrumental cumbia...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Word of Mouth
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Slåttesong
“It’s great to be at a point where it’s the music that’s in focus and not where it comes from.”...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Rebel Tumbao
Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo y los Alaracosos
Ten years after their debut, Peru’s Los Chapillacs are back, and their sound has hardly changed. Which is a great...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Reclusive Rituals
In his first album for Batov Records, Tel Aviv-based jazz bassist Shay Hazan takes his sound in a different direction....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2022
L’Ultime Concert
Astor Piazzolla with Manos Hadjidakis and the Orchestre Athénien des Couleurs
Originally released in 1996 (as Bandoneón Sinfónico), this ‘last concert’ album is now appearing, according to the French-only album notes,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Ansonia Years 1969-71
Arguably the star of Vampisoul's collection Saoco!, percussionist Rafael Cortijo is now heard here on his own compilation. The album...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2016
