Reviews
Birth & Death
Scottish jazz saxophonist-composer Phil Bancroft founded the Myriad Streams label as a grass-roots alternative to the overwhelming choices of platforms...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Neynik (Mirror)
Listening to Neynik, if there is one thing that we would not suspect, it is that Eléonore is French… This...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Tropikantele
Chilling with a piña colada after a sauna? That might be the vibe as Finland’s national instrument, the kantele, fuses...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
New Regency Orchestra
Brainchild of Lex Blondin, Church of Sound and Total Refreshment Centre co-founder, New Regency Orchestra is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
New Stories
This duo recording presents an intriguing clash of cultures. Eve Crazy is a Senegalese female rapper perhaps best-known as a...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Passeport
From the moment Lassana Sané, aka Lass, gently launches into the opening track ‘Massamba’, the listener is aware of the...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Radio Afloat
Layale Chaker is a Lebanese violinist and composer whose music draws rich inspiration from contemporary classical music, jazz improvisation and...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
I am Death, I am Breath, I am Life
Hezron Chetty is a South African violinist who has made a career out of pushing the boundaries of the instrument....
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Pull the Rope
Ibibio Sound Machine started out ten years ago with a self-titled album that matched gospel, West African styles and electronic...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
