Reviews
Gbεfalɔi (Travellers)
Accra Quartet are a trio of Ghanaian players joined by an American, although the latter spends most of his musical...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Bu Bir Demdir
Alevi-German singer Aylin Yıldırım and her band of Augsburg-based musicians on saz, guitar, drums, bass and keys perform a selection...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Jouer
Here’s an easy-going fusion set, in which a Swedish jazz flautist teams up with a Malian ngoni player for a...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Zoom Zemmatt
Senegalese singer and guitarist Mangane is somewhat of a late bloomer. At age 60, Zoom Zemmatt is his first release...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Keeping Company
Bill Laurance & Michael League
It’s nice to see Laurance and League are still stepping away from their Snarky Puppy duties for this more introspective...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Alouane
Majid Bekkas, as well as being central to the revival of Moroccan Gnawa music, is restless in his exploration of...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
İstanbul’u Dinliyorum
London-based trio ZELT bear more than a passing stylistic resemblance to Istanbul’s Lalalar, crafting tunes with a strong Turkish and...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Ventre Unique
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
Ventre Unique, the sixth album by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, merges folk, krautrock, post-punk and African rhythms to create...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Al-Bahr
There’s so much going on with Finnish trio Wishamalii’s debut album that it almost invents a whole new genre of...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
