Reviews
Taos
Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis & Bijan Chemirani
In a trio setting there is little space to hide, so it is fortunate that each of the musicians here...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Balfron Promise
Comprising four musicians with Palestinian roots who formed a group in Jordan in 2013 but who are now resident in...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Why Should Your Heart Not Dance
A mixture of improvisatory jazz and folk traditions, with clever vocal harmony and counterpoint, Asaran Earth Trio are three female...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Ruckus
The pun in this Canadian band's name denotes them as innovators in the klezmer genre: the Pale of Settlement was...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Ask Your Heart
Oud player Mehmet Polat leads the way on this second album from his trio, although Sinan Arat's ney (Middle Eastern...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
RAMU
Although it's named after the Random Access Musical Universe (RAMU) sampling database that he created, what former Grateful Dead drummer...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
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
