Reviews
Avant L’Équinoxe
This Franco-Brazilian quartet is the product of a friendship forged online between France's Sophie Magnani (singer) and multi-instrumentalist Hervé Morisot,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Avant Folk Triptyk
Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s third Avant Folk outing has a change of record label, from Hubro to Jazzland, retaining a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2023
Hagata
Montreal-based TEKE::TEKE began life as a tribute act to instrumental guitar legend Takeshi Terauchi before expanding their sound to take...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2023
Sweet Release
‘These strings, this drum, from another world they come, bringing songs of sweet release,’ Adams sings over a thunderous Rachid...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024
Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento
It’s hard to think of too many bands that can be as divisive as Meridian Brothers. They share the same...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
The Trance of Seven Colors
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders
The mystical Sufi music of the Moroccan Gnawa people has long been a source of fascination for jazz musicians attracted...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2020
Albat Alawi Op 99
Eyal El Wahab, the young music maker behind El Khat, is a true original. Many of his homemade instruments are...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2022
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Yewoulen (Wake Up)
Bringing together members of the Senegalese-born singer Biram Seck's Jant Band and French guitarist Thibaut Remy's London-based African-European collective Awale,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Guitarra 66
Best known for his work with Dead Combo, To Trips decided to go temporarily solo and record Guitarra 66. Dead...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2010
Zanzibara 8: Chungu
The taarab music of Zanzibar is one of the glories of Africa and has a history stretching back over a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2014
