Reviews
Travesuras
Rock, electronica, Cuban rhythms, Middle Eastern music and Gregorian chant are among the passions of classically trained Spanish pianist Daniel...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
A World of Masks
The Heliocentrics rose to prominence through high-profile collaborations with old masters such as Ethio-jazz king Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat saxophonist Orlando...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
Mundum Renovavit
The Dutch word windstreken can be translated as ‘points of the wind’ and ‘corners of the world’. The ensemble consists...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Migratum
Migratum is the Chicago trio’s debut album, building in form, beats complexity and melodies from 2019’s self-titled EP. The term...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2024
Spilla
Founded in Nantes by Australian drummer-percussionist Will Guthrie in 2019, Nist-Nah is an ensemble combining Javanese gamelan instruments with other...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2025
In the Real World
Son of singer, actor and civil rights activist Leon Bibb, Eric Bibb carries forward his father’s legacy in all the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2025
The World of the Duduk
The Armenian duduk is one of the most beautiful instruments on earth. The soft, plangent sound exudes a sweet sadness...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
In Mumbai
Equally at home in both the trad and jazz worlds, saxophonist, piper and whistler Fraser Fifield is one of those...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2020
The Road
I first came across Mamak Khadem when I reviewed her solo album Jostojoo in 2008. A couple of years later,...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2016
