Reviews
The Cycle
A deep contemporary African groove underpins this release – the first of album length from dance music experimentalists Raz &...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023
A Drop for Neptune
A Drop for Neptune marks the debut album for Glasgow based six-piece TRIP, and it’s an album steeped in the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2022
Consciente y Positiva
If there was ever an artistwho encompassed the whole global reach of cumbia music, Paco Mendoza would be it. Born...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2011
Tördelős
Sax and flute player Mihály Dresch is the leading figure in Magyar jazz and he formed his first quartet in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Safe Passage
Fresh out of touring as bandleader for Pimps of Joytime, and a collaboration with CedricBurnside, multi-instrumentalist Brian J explores instrumental...
Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: January/2021
Anthology of Kurdish Hymns
This album is more interesting for the repertoire than for its music. Kalan has always prided itself in releasing recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013
Spirituals & Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast
The Gullah communities of the Georgia coast in the southern US first won interest when the pioneering folklorists Alan Lomax...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Riddle Songs
We know from poems such as Beowulf, which mentions warriors singing praise songs, and Caedmon's ‘Hymn’, a divine inspired song,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2021
Pa mi Gente
As the nephew of the celebrated guitarist Manuel Fernández Molina, better known in flamenco circles as Parrilla de Jerez, Manuel...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
