Reviews
Release the Penguins
Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
American Folk Fantasies Vol 1: Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade
Dick Connette doesn't see music in terms of white and black, urban or rural, folk or funk, blues or country....
Reviewed by Gerald Seligman in issue: October/2017
Tande-la
Observant musical tourists in Cuba have long noted the colourful undercurrent of Haitian folklore in the cabarets and dance troupes,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Fado Jazz
Fado Jazz is Júlio Resende’s first album with ACT Music, one of Europe’s leading jazz labels and home to extraordinary...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2022
Siberia Extreme
Chyskyyrai, Tim Hodgkinson & Ken Hyder
A unique offering of what at first sounds like it could be experimental field recordings from the northernmost republic of...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: May/2020
Logos
Flamenco musicians have been testing out all kinds of fusions for decades now. Virtuoso guitarist Gerardo Núñez, who has had...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Warp and the Weft
I have to confess that Wisaal’s description of themselves as an ‘Arabic-influenced world music ensemble based in Lansing, Michigan’ tripped...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2013
Absolutely Live II: Viva Mexico!
Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars
Led by Juan de Marcos, the Cuban legend who provided many of the arrangements on Buena Vista Social Club, this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
Dat Ik Zingen Moet!
Since forming in 2007, this young Flemish ensemble, intent on leading listeners musically through the Dutch-speaking region ‘from Amsterdam, via...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017
The Grove
Originally a classical musician, clarinettist Kate Luxmoore re–cast herself as a composer and improviser in order to broaden her sonic...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2010
