Reviews

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

For those more au fait with the jazz world, Brad Mehldau is something of a household name. His celebrated Art...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Best Foot Forward

Omar Puente

If the electric violin is an acquired taste, it is one very quickly acquired in Omar Puente's case. A classically...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe

Debashish Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Worlds Away: Chants, Songs, Rituals & Instrumentals From 33 Countries and Island Communities

VARIOUS ARTISTS

You probably had to be as bonkers to compile this album as it is to try to review it. The...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Lift

Koki Nakano with Vincent Segal

Anything that involves the French cellist and world music adventurer Vincent Segal is always worth hearing. Here, he teams up...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Vamp

Fitkin

Source music and minimalist systems music are the scaffold on which contemporary composer Graham Fitkin erects the dense, multi-part instrumental...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Zinder

Serendou

As world music fusions grow ever wilder, here's a trio that combines the traditions of Nigeria, Niger and various other...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Sun Celebration

Warsaw Village Band

There are incredible moments on Sun Celebration. ‘Bridal Wreath Song’ is a fusion of ancient Polish folklore, Indian drones and...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Acatao

Indialucia

The ancient link between Indian and Andalusian music – especially flamenco – via migrating Roma people has long been an...

Reviewed in issue April/2017

Passport

Omar Rahbany

Born in Lebanon into a family with a rich artistic history, 27-year-old pianist Rahbany's debut album is an ambitious work...

Reviewed in issue April/2017