Reviews
Delight
With 2021’s Under the Lilac Sky, Arushi Jain announced herself as a gifted alchemist of electronica and Hindustani music through...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024
Toc de Crida
Every musician that picks up on tradition sooner or later must decide whether they try to stay true to an...
Reviewed by Goncalo Frota in issue: April/2024
Mburu
Raffit is a French composer and jazz and blues guitarist who 15 years ago founded the Chambre d’Hôte Orchestra. One...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
Hinamarama
In 1997 at age 13 Aotearoa, New Zealand Māori songstress Maisey Rika was featured performing traditional songs (waiata) with her...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2024
Essia
Tunisian-born, Brussels-based pianist Wajdi Riahi is undoubtedly adept at composing and performing melodically and rhythmically complex contemporary jazz. Aided ably...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2024
songdreaming
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the face of technological advance, we have seen an...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024
While You Wait
While You Wait is Little North’s sixth album and the trio seem unstoppable as they continue to cement their place...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: April/2024
Sesc Jazz: Susana Baca (Ao Vivo)
As one of three such releases – along with Ray Lema and jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Sway –...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
AlKemi
Cuban music contributes to, and absorbs, myriad musics from across Latin America, the Caribbean and the US. It has also...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
