Reviews
Janna Aana
There have been enough qawwali- electronica fusions they could almost be their own sub-genre. The point of encounter seems to...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
My Earth Songs
Lonnie Park and the Earth Band
Nobody could question the worthiness of this project – the proceeds from which benefit UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief fund for children...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Hayvan Gibi
The intimacy of hearing – and seeing – Baba Zula Live has Lately surpassed the experience of Listening to some...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Delhi to Damascus
This album is predicated on the idea that by changing just a few elements of a musical style or tradition...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Door to the Cosmos
When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Breath & Hammer
Clarinettist David Krakauer played with The Klezmatics before forging a distinctive solo career that pushes at the boundaries of many...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Over That Road I’m Bound
In the two decades and more since the 18-year-old Joachim Cooder played percussion alongside Ry Cooder on Buena Vista Social...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
NO VISA
Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
In Mumbai
Equally at home in both the trad and jazz worlds, saxophonist, piper and whistler Fraser Fifield is one of those...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Shaman!
With the return of original band member Dr Margaux Simmons on flute, the Pyramids are now seven. This alone helps...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
