Reviews
Carpe Afternoon
Loco Ironico are vocalist Joe Cang and pianist Matteo Saggese. I know nothing about these men although photos on the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
One Takes
Authenticity is impossible to manufacture. Daymé Arocena might be only 24, but she has a soul and a sensuousness belying...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
The Fruited Thorn
Formerly the singer with Gaelic band Mouth Music for several groundbreaking albums in the 90s before joining ‘acid croft’ pioneers...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Japanistan
This recording by Paris-based instrumentalist Kengo Saito appears to occupy a niche of one, being a cross-section of music from...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Sunshine Seas
The prolific conservatory-trained musical polymath from Queens, New York is back with another new project. Quite apart from countless sessions...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Vintage K-Pop Revisited
A French quintet offering modern jazz-influenced instrumental covers of the songs of a Korean crooner? Even the theoretical infinite monkeys...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Nomade Orquestra
While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Paseo a Dos
There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Chapters of My Life
This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Lunar Love
Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
