Reviews

Jazz is Dead JID022

Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

In 2022 and at 86-years-old, Ebo Taylor performed in the US for the first time. Already a legend of highlife...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Hirsutes Farfelus

Tako Toki

Has there ever been an ‘Eco-Trio’ before? The Parisian trio Tako Toki, led by Etienne de la Sayette, join a...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Amargo

Caprice

The poetry of Andalusian hero Federico García Lorca is the conceptual centrepiece of Amargo. This is best exemplified on the...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

At the Kafana

shunTA!

London-based shunTA! trot out a number of faithful old warhorses either originating in south-eastern Europe or adopted by musicians hailing...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

La BOA Meets Tony Allen

La BOA / Tony Allen

This is at least the sixth album to feature the irresistible rhythms of Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen since his death...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Kinetic

Black Flower

Kinetic is the sixth album from Belgian five-piece Black Flower, and their sound is rightly evolving with their experience. The...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Argot

Passepartout Duo

Rarely does technological invention deliver such a beautiful result as Argot, the fourth album by Italian pianist Nicoletta Favari and...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Solstice Concert

Fabiano do Nascimento | Fabiano Do Nascimento

Raised in Rio and São Paulo, the now LA-based acoustic guitarist has had a busy time recently, with albums for...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Shadows of Perception

Aracan

Currently based in Australia, Aracan originally hail from Colombia. Guitarist and producer Carlos Arango previously played with a 15-piece cumbia...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Maouzoun

Maouzoun

Norway’s Inger Hannisdal grew up playing classical violin and a little jazz on the side before studying Arabic music at...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025