Reviews
Jamu
The Calabrian-born, Naples–based singer and 12–string guitarist Massimo Ferrante has been on the go for more than two decades, exploring...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2010
New Songs From the Old Country
The tongue-in-cheek liner notes for this release, the fourth by this amalgamation of New York-based jazz and world musicians, sets...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014
Street Clan
It's difficult to know exactly what to make of Street Clan, Invisible System's second album, as it's overall such a...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
The Encounter of Vocal Heritage
Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Byzaanchy
Choduraa Tumat is one of Tyva’s finest female khöömeizhi (master throat singers), being leader of the group Tyva Kyzy, but...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2022
Ikon: The Best of Gregory Isaacs, The Cool Ruler
Few Jamaican vocalists hold as much emotional power as Gregory Isaacs, whose haunting sadness reflected a life of not-quite-fame, unlucky...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia is a new release from the Lush Spa/ECC partnership, led by Simon Emmerson, who's lived in Dorset for the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
One With the Beloved
Oh dear. On paper, Shervin Boloorian ticks the right boxes. He's a refugee from Iran, raised in the UK, with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Blue Tsapiky
Claude Teta is a guitarist and vocalist from Madagascar and here he is joined by a singer called Kirasoa, who...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
