Reviews

Hidden Legacy

Harmonia

Eclectic would be the right word to describe this offering from Cleveland-based Eastern European collective Harmonia. For once, the term...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

East North

Tim Dorofeyev’s Project

There has always been an eclectic tinge, and a flair for the complex and wildly virtuosic in Russian jazz. This...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Rough Guide to Un dis cove red World is a showcase compilation. It is the CD companion to record...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Insofar

Sundog

One interesting aspect about seeing Sundog – Arthur Jeffes on piano and violinist Oli Langford – perform live is hearing...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

A Great Day For The Race

Flap!

Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Diouke

Diouke

Everything was going so well: the dexterous kora kumbengo (harp-lute) on opening track ‘Lima;’ the integration of cello and accordion...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Growing Stone

Nation Beat

The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Introducing…

Invisible System

The Introducing series has brought some fabulous artists to wider attention. Its latest is a digital-only release of producer and...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands

Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento

Nicky Bomba is one of Australia’s busiest musos. Whether drumming behind his roots guitarist brother-in-law John Butler, fronting the 26-piece...

Reviewed in issue October/2012