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Review of Initiatrix

Initiatrix

Heloise Pilkington

Ripe Cherry Records

Rating: ★★★

Heloise Pilkington's Halloween-released Initiatrix is an original and thoughtfully constructed piece of work. A collection of original songs and chants...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Will You?

Will You?

Shujaat Husain Khan, Kevin Hays, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tim Ries & Dibyarka Chatterjee

Tames Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps there is something about the texts of the great Persian-language poet Rumi that chime with the times we are...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Translate

Translate

Jiggy

Big Beat Music

Rating: ★★

It has been proved many a time that, in fusing the traditional music of two cultures, wonderful results can emerge,...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Waters Wide

Waters Wide

Koral Society

Heartwear Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Somewhat of a supergroup, Koral Society comprises Caroline Trettine on guitar and lead vocals, Mosi Conde on kora and Alison...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of World Peace Trio

World Peace Trio

World Peace Trio

MoonJune Records

Rating: ★★★

World Peace Trio sees Dwiki Dharmawan, Gilad Atzmon and Kamal Musallam come together to create eight tracks of pure fusion....

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of IIII+IIII

IIII+IIII

ÌFÉ

Discos Ifá

Rating: ★★★★★

Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, sits on the Atlantic coast, looking out towards the African continent, 5,000km to the east....

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Brothers

Brothers

Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★

Upon first listen, Brothers appears to be just another adventure in the frosty, folky sound-world of northern European jazz. The...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Journey of Joy

Journey of Joy

Imran & Lorenzo

Creative Karma

Rating: ★★★

In the wake of the groundbreaking East-West duets between Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, 50 years ago the sitar player...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Backroad Carnival

Backroad Carnival

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec first made waves as part of the quirky American roots group Groanbox Boys and has since cropped up...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Glasshouses

Glasshouses

James Lascelles Quartet

Orme Records

Rating: ★

Keyboardist Lascelles was a founder member of the Global Village Trucking Company in the early 1970s, going on to become...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

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