Reviews
Fin'amor
In Fin'amor, Lamia Bedioui and Solis Barki are conduits for a great many musical styles, traversing both time and place....
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Suburban Exotica
Suburban Exotica is the new album from the ‘Belgian-new-wave’ jazz collective Compro Oro. The group display a myriad of influences...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
The Trance of Seven Colors
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders
The mystical Sufi music of the Moroccan Gnawa people has long been a source of fascination for jazz musicians attracted...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Catastrophic Life
“The Marx Brothers on acid; the nightmare of Benjamin Netanyahu; freaks; millionaires on a mission impossible; a great story,” this...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Adventures in Afropea
Sic transit gloria mundi – but how welcome to be reminded of past triumphs by this reissue of Zap Mama's...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
The Strange One
A fiery fuzz guitar solo, reggaeton bridge, vocals switching between Spanish and English, searing violins and a constant hip-hop/cumbia beat...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
No Wahala in the Dance!: Adventures in Contemporary Reggae, Dub & Electronics
Independent label No Wahala Sounds emerged five years ago, releasing limited-edition vinyl reissues of little-known African gems. Now the label...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Efekt Motla
Recorded in Havana's EGREM studios (the birthplace of many a classic Cuban album) and released halfway across the globe in...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme
Jane Bunnett is the pioneering Canadian saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator whose work with Afro-Cuban jazz remains deft, groundbreaking and...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Notebook
The cello is not a go-to instrument for folk and traditional music. But in the hands of Barry Phillips, it...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
