Reviews

Where Did You Go?

Sandman Project

Having released their first EP way back in 2018, Sandman Project’s aptly titled first full-length Where Did You Go? poses...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Carrousel

El Comité

Since being based in France, the Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa seems to have been in constant demand. On this,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Ambiance Argile

L’Étrangleuse

Maël Salètes is a French musician who has enjoyed an intriguing and far-reaching career. He learned to play the djeli...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

MŸA

Robinson Khoury

Given the slide trombone’s valveless construction – and notwithstanding its long history in jazz – it’s a wonder it hasn’t...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Orile to Berlin

RAH & The Ruffcats

Infectious grooves, Afro-funk riffs and hip-hop attitude! RAH & The Ruffcats are definitely paying a vibrant and up-to-date tribute to...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Sean Khan Presents…The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

This is an intriguing set in which classic songs from the folk-rock era of the late 60s and early 70s...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Ayıp Olmasın

Yalnayak

The work of communist poet Nâzım Hikmet has served as an inspiration to Turkish musicians throughout the decades – from...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Night Reign

Arooj Aftab

Aftab’s 2021 album Vulture Prince transcended art music obscurity to enjoy blanket broadsheet coverage. It won the Pakistani-American artist a...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Temporal Waves

Temporal Waves

Canadian tabla player Shawn Mativetsky has performed and recorded across many genres for the past 25 years, but this is...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Ishtirak

Ishtirak

This debut album is an improvised masterpiece coming to us out of Beirut, the city that has suffered so many...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024