Reviews
Rosa
Described by some as a Portuguese Billie Holiday, jazz-trained Luísa Sobral uses her fifth release to become a kind of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Andalusian Love Song
David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon
The most striking thing about this release is that it celebrates the often-overlooked Sephardic Jewish tradition of music that has...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
Supermoon
The Israeli-born Itai Kriss has spent two decades lighting up New York’s vibrant jazz scene with his flute playing, working...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
Widdershins
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have an instinctive, magical musical relationship. Summers’ Scottish heritage (manifest in her work with the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Virgin Islands: Quelbe & Calypso 1956-60
Following Caribbean classics compilations from Jamaica, Bermuda and Trinidad, one on the Virgin Islands musical history could present an intriguing...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
As part of their ongoing relationship with Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti, Ostinato Records launch the initial instalment of their new Djibouti...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Maori New Zealand
Based in the central Lake Taupo region of New Zealand's North Island, the large Nga Tamariki O Tongariro group perform...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2012
Squirrel Hunting
The debut album by Hot Rock Pilgrims proves at least one thing: given enough talent and determination, a pan-European quintet...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
