Reviews
Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
Zhungdra music, according to Kuensel, Bhutan’s national newspaper, ‘was first performed [in Bhutan] in the 17th century to commemorate the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2024
soFa – Elsewhere CC
Billed as a ‘digger’s paradise for tropical gems,’ DJ soFa’s latest compilation spans 1972 to 2023, inspiring listeners to imagine...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2024
Wulansih
Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2024
Are Possible
Six years after the release of Plainly Mistaken, banjo maestro Nathan Bowles has once again partnered with double-bassist Casey Toll...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2024
Super Son
Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo
Despite the name of Cuban trombonist Torres’ band (‘Something New’), 50 years later these 1977 cuts can’t help but sound...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2024
Flowers
This debut album from the trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and composers Odette Michell, Karen Pfeiffer and Daria Kulesh presents an...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2024
Creation
For years this was a real rarity. Recorded back in 1979 by the Jamaican singer Freddie McKay, Creation has been...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2024
Fidl Afire
Violinist Alicia Svigals was one of the founding members of The Klezmatics and played with them for 17 years. She’s...
Reviewed by Simon Boughton in issue: October/2024
