Reviews
Afrotunes: Best of Juju Vol II, Oba Mimo Olorun Ayo
Originally released on vinyl in 1985 by Nigerian label Tabansi Records, the rarity of this reissue will no doubt send...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Zorongo Blu
Zorongo Blu offers an accomplished but not entirely comfortable fusion of jazz and flamenco. The group take their name from...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Give Me Wine
Hungarian band Romano Drom have been together for at least 20 years; in that time they have established themselves as...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Riptide
This Austin, Texas-based band specialise in a mix of contemporary and progressive jazz with music from the Arab and Turkish...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Times of Maharajas
Led by tabla player Rahis Bharti, the Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan are one of the busiest ensembles touring Rajasthani music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Mrak
Boban Marković is a member of a distinguished Romani musical dynasty, an outstanding trumpeter and bandleader, and an inventive composer...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Amina
Three years ago I reviewed Amerli, by a collection of 20 instrumentalists and singers from Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Cumbia Beat Vol 3
Few places in the world were seemingly unaffected by the emergence of electric guitars and the success of The Beatles...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Sol: A Series of Reflections
From the very first track, ‘Call’, it's clear that in Sol, Joshua Hyde intends to deal more in atmospheres than...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Magid Chronicles
At the height of the klezmer revival in the 1980s and 90s, there were dozens of (mainly) US bands reinterpreting...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
