Reviews
Hirsutes Farfelus
Has there ever been an ‘Eco-Trio’ before? The Parisian trio Tako Toki, led by Etienne de la Sayette, join a...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: April/2025
Menta Selvatica
Gravitating between homes in Milan and Barcelona, versatile Italian singer-songwriter Mila Trani has been producing her Mediterranean Latin-jazz crossover music...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2025
High Horse
If beautiful, genre-melding compositions that blur the lines between bluegrass, roots, jazz and chamber music performed by a group of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
At the Kafana
London-based shunTA! trot out a number of faithful old warhorses either originating in south-eastern Europe or adopted by musicians hailing...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2025
Värav/ Vārti / Vartai
On this fabulous debut album from The Baltic Sisters, the four voices of Marion Selgall (Estonia), Laurita Peleniūtė (Lithuania), Vineta...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2025
La BOA Meets Tony Allen
This is at least the sixth album to feature the irresistible rhythms of Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen since his death...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
Morir Cantando
At 25 minutes, this album may be somewhat sparse, but the Afro-Colombian music within is riveting, intense and sure to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2025
Music from the East
Ammar El Sherei (AKA Omar El Shariyi), born in Upper Egypt in 1948, was considered a pioneer in the 1970s...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2025
