Reviews
To Belfast...
A ruminative opening introduces swelling overdubbed violins; Conor Caldwell's fiddle melody-line rides atop their bank of drones much like the...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Hillevi
Concept albums are a rare thing in folk music but Hillevi is a fine example; it is the result of...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Tientalaw
Zani Diabaté's first name may not be as instantly recognisable as his last (many of the Diabaté dan are griots)...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2012
Andalusia of Love
I thought I had become a bit tired of Marcel Khalife's musical activities. Popular as ever throughout the Arab world,...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2017
Sabiduria/Wisdom
Multi-Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri celebrated his 80th birthday last December. This is his first album in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
A Gathering of Strangers 2021
Transglobal Underground & Our European Friends
A Gathering of Strangers first saw light in 2010 when it was released by a pan-EU collective headed by dubtronic...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021
Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring
Jarek Adamów is a Polish muti-instrumentalist – accordion, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and many other things – with a strong interest in the raw...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Tutku
Kalaha + Hilal Kaya with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Danish quartet Kalaha first tackled a Turkish tune on their third album, 2019’s Mandala, which was also the first time...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022
