Reviews

Yellow Spaceship

Jacob Gurevitsch

Jacob Gurevitsch is a flamenco guitarist from Denmark. His third album, Yellow Spaceship, sails through a seductive soundscape of flamenco,...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

The Lost Tapes

Owiny Sigoma Band

The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Our Island

Small Island Big Song

When the debut Small Island Big Song album was released in 2018, it was rightly hailed as a mini masterpiece....

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Wood & Steel

Joce Mienniel & Aram Lee

This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Kila Mara

Alai K

Alai K’s debut album is a potent mix of percussive practice from his native Kenya melded with the driving dance...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Bandua

Bandua

In recent years, Edgar Valente has made a name for himself as a singer with the avant-folk act Criatura. Picking...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Éclat

Labelle

From his island off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, young composer and musician, Jeremy Labelle, continues an exploration into links...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Immortal Tradition

Ritva Nero

We’re only ever a step or two away from the mosh pit as Finnish five-piece Ritva Nero joyfully reveal in...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

The Witching Tale

The Witching Tale

I’m afraid I was all too ready to dismiss this eponymous debut album as just so much airy-fairy hokum. The...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Magnificent

Nicolas Meier World Group

This latest album from Swiss jazz guitarist Nicolas Meier is a collection of originals and improvisations on themes inspired by...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022