Reviews
Thokozile Collective
Bournemouth-based six-piece Thokozile Collective play instrumental jazz-funk with an African bent. Their debut album – seven covers and two originals...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2024
Seven
French blues guitarist and singer Tia Gouttebel teams with Gilles Chabenat (vielle à roue, aka hurdy-gurdy) and Fabrice Bony (percussion)...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2024
Sem Palavras (feat Iván ‘Melon’ Lewis)
‘Queen of the Portuguese Guitar’, Pereira da Costa may only be on her second album, but her trailblazing reputation as...
Reviewed by April Clare Welsh in issue: November/2024
Barefoot in Bryophyte
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus
Already a fan, I was lucky enough to see the first public outing of this project in Voss Jazz Festival...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2024
Folklórica
Folklórica is a dispatch from the world of Danish experimental guitar. It contends that the instrument has under-explored potential, which...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2024
Algo Nuevo
The Brighton-based Mr Bongo has just released two Juan Pablo Torres recordings from the late 70s as part of its...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2024
Oriental Mirrors
Romanian improvising unit Multumult have released four studio sessions, but this is their first live album, recorded at Bucharest’s Green...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2024
Hydra
Inspired by the Greek island of Hydra, and by living in a remote village in the Austrian Alps, Irish traditional...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2024
