Reviews
Trallalero Levantin
Orchestra Bailam e Canterini Genovesi
Trallalero is traditional Genoese polyphonic a capella choir singing, described by Alan Lomax after his post-war field recording trip as...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Mercy
The London African Gospel Choir
The London African Gospel Choir are fresh from an extremely well-received tour that showcased their rendition of Paul Simon's Graceland...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Pinnacle Ridge
Each musician in this trio is supremely talented and plays with the sensitivity and virtuosity one would expect from highly...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Mambo Noir Trio
More noir than mambo, this curiosity instantly casts the listener upon gentle but foreboding waves of Scandi piano jazz. Since...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett
Emerging from The Gloaming's five-strong fold, Hardanger d'amore player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and pianist Thomas Bartlett have struck of to...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Seventh Heaven
Taichmania are an Israeli fusion group headed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Yaniv Taichman. Seventh Heaven, their debut, gives the occasional...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Bantou Mentale
This Congolese-French band boasts members previously involved with Konono No 1 and Jupiter & Okwess in collaboration with producer Doctor...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Missing Chapters
Unique Cameroonian singer-songwritercum-stylist Moken follows up 2016's Chapters of My Life with Missing Chapters. He's in Atlanta, Georgia, having transplanted...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
Kings Left Behind
Kings Left Behind is the fourth album from New York-based instrumental collective Ikebe Shakedown. Many of the band's members are...
Reviewed in issue November/2019
