Reviews
Mazel
The Algerian group Democratoz mix rai and Gnawa with reggae, rock and jazz. Their debut album, Mazel, shows that it...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Live at Bakehouse
Australian-Iranian singer and instrumentalist Gelareh Pour begins her performance with a breathy introduction on her kamancheh (spike fiddle), before cautiously...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
They Say Humans Exist
Jacob Young, David Rothenberg & Sidiki Camara
Three musicians from three continents got together in a studio in the woods outside Oslo for two days of collective...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Roamin’
Danny Keane has spent the last decade abseiling across the face of world music, working with Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2
Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Okan Project
Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Like the Grass
Like the Grass is a collaborative work between ‘bow expert’ Cara Stacey, violinist and composer Galina Juritz (both South African),...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
The Dance She Spoke
Duende Libre's third album, The Dance She Spoke, finds the band's founders – pianist Alex Chadsey, drummer Jeff ‘Bongo’ Busch...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
