Reviews
Last Evenings on Earth
‘World fusion’ bands often don’t do much fusing at all. Instead, they might have some ska numbers, an Éthiopiques-style track...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Det Andre Rommet
The Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Erlend Apneseth's debut album, released in 2013, possessed a mostly traditional, acoustic inclination. This follow-up is...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Pearly Clouds
Pearly Clouds are a trio comprising American guitarist Gary Lucas, Hungarian singer Enikő Szabó and jazz saxophonist Tóni Dezső. Lucas...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
World Music
Still in his early 30s, Australian-Egyptian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has already released a dozen albums, three of which won...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Land of Gold
Land of Gold is a very personal response to the growing migration and refugee crisis. Across ten tracks, it follows...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Myriad Road
The jazz album is often the second-last refuge of a career on the slide (reggae generally being the final resort...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Cosmic Unity
There's a startling directness to Cosmic Unity, Family Atlantica's second album. Present are the same influences as their stunning 2013...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Rroma Sapien
Sydney-based ensemble Lolo Lovina is built around the impressive talents of Hungarian-Romani singer Sarah Bedak and her Serbian Gypsy guitarist-drummer...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Impuros Fanáticos
With Fumaça Preta having stormed the British critico-cultural barricades in spectacular fashion with their genre-mangling debut, it seems the hoary...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Sing Me Home
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 2000 to explore the music of the cultures along the ancient...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
