Reviews
Run Kitty Run
Big, brassy, bold and Bollywood, The Bombay Royale do not hold back. Run Kitty Run, the Melbourne 11-piece's third studio...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
La Part du Hasard
Twenty-three years, 12 albums, one theme: Xavier Demerliac's oeuvre is as steadfast as a train steaming down the track. Each...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Nahnou Houm
Siwan is the name of a collective of musicians that Norwegian jazz keyboardist and composer Jon Balke has assembled for...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Kamalamba
Raphaëlle Brochet & Philippe Aerts
Stripping back an arrangement to just bass and voice can make for a spellbinding moment of intimacy. Kamalamba is an...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Infinity
Chilean pianist Tania Naranjo and Finnish accordionist Minna Weurlander hail from different hemispheres but are united by a common adopted...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
The Reason Why Vol 3
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
According to Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfeš, this will be the last outing of covers for his Subtropic Arkestra ensemble. If...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Rainbow Crow
Is meandering a crime when it comes to music? There's a difference between inventive improvisation and going round in circles....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Tamala
Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter Vandenabeele
The title translates as ‘Travellers,’ an apt name for an album that reveals an intriguing trio from very different musical...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
From Blues to Rembetika
Mark T is a British blues musician and, listening to the several live tunes included on From Blues to Rembetika,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
