Reviews

Just Be

Tulca

Novel attempts to fuse the traditional musics of Ireland and Iran were beginning to make themselves felt on the edges...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Some Heavy Hand

Cath & Phil Tyler

Spanning the Anglo-American folk duo’s career from 2005 to 2018, Some Heavy Hand is a marvellous collection of unreleased session...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

42 Days

Southeast of Rain

Formed of sound artists Sophia Shen and Lemon Guo, Southeast of Rain was conceived in the autumn of 2019, when...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

SMS for Location, Vol 4

Moonshine

Montréal has been at the forefront of club culture in Canada for some time now: from multi-arts practice in Ausgang...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Gandhi

Rão Kyao

Rão Kyao was actually born João Gorjão Jorge and was a key figure in the local Portuguese jazz scene in...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Distancer

Hiatus

British-Iranian musician Hiatus (Cyrus Shahrad) began the musical exploration of his heritage in 2005, aft er discovering his father’s record...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Kindred Souls

Adrian Freedman

Nothing should really surprise us in the global village of world music any more, but even so Adrian Freedman’s CV...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Avant Folk II

Frode Haltli

This is Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s follow-up to 2018’s original Avant Folk album, reuniting the same ten-piece ensemble. Its four...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Birdy Island

Howie Lee

This is a strange, somewhat haunting album that may be classified as ‘ambient’ music by some, but it is attempting...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Mind Maintenance

Mind Maintenance

Chicago-based Joshua Abrams is a jazz bassist whose career encompasses a range of experimental strands. He’s long been an aficionado...

Reviewed in issue July/2021