Reviews

Racines

JB Moundele

As the album’s French title would suggest, tenor saxophonist JB Moundele here explores the traditional West African ‘roots’ of jazz,...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Hymns of Bantu

Abel Selaocoe

Anything Abel Selaocoe touches is bound to be extraordinary. Having followed his career from its early days, it’s been a...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Road Rasa

Jawari

Following up an impressive 2021 solo debut, Vignettes, British sitarist Tommy Khosla introduces their ensemble Jawari, together with saxophone, guitars...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Women

Kat-Tet

The wildly fecund jazz fusion of Guadeloupe, that archipelago of a dozen plus islands out where the northwest Caribbean meets...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Our Calling

Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko

The British-Italian folk songwriter Piers Faccini and the Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko (Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté, Derek Gripper) first...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Come Tenderness

Lisa Gerrard

This newly mastered compilation from the Australian Dead Can Dance co-founder showcases her distinctive artistry. Known for her film compositions,...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Vive L’Amour

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble are an unusual and intriguing project that started back in 2009 when Finnish guitarist Janne Halonen travelled to...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Faka Mulilo

Zangoma

As a boy in the late 90s growing up in the village of Kolomwe in Zambia, Waina Kolomwe was given...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Mercy

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters | Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s work – and whole being – have always inhabited otherworldly realms; Mercy is no different. Three and...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

És Pregunta

Tarta Relena

It may be accurate to describe Tarta Relena as a Catalan vocal duo, but that description does little justice to...

Reviewed in issue April/2025