Reviews
Nuevo Chamber
Born out of classical ‘jam sessions’ at a café in metropolitan San Francisco, The Musical Art Quintet developed their stylish...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
The Afrosound of Colombia Volume 1
Kicking off with a funky, yelping dance track that makes you wonder whether James Brown actually spent the 60s and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Lekhfa
Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh
Maryam Saleh and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh's musical alliance does not come as a surprise – not only because they are...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Navegar
A native Carioca tutored by Wanda Sá and long immersed in Brazilian music, João Selva spent much of his early...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2021
Ideal
With a classical and jazz background, Catherine Bent, a Berklee professor of music, has harnessed her virtuoso cello playing to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018
Freedom Highway
The ‘freedom highway’ holds an iconic place in African-American folklore. It described the escape route for 19th-century slaves out of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Kolida Babo
This is an intriguing experiment by two Greek exponents of the duduk, an Armenian oboe. Socratis Votskos and Harris P...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Bush Lady
At last! The legendary and long out-of-print album Bush Lady, Alanis Obomsawin's first and only music recording, is getting the...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Fio da Memória
Maita's 2010 debut, while pleasant enough, gave little indication of the innovative experimentation of this, its follow-up. Early last year...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Sleight of Elbow
Like Bellowhead, to whom they’re sometimes compared, Feast of Fiddles are a fearless big band, featuring a line-up of six...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/2017
