Reviews

Nahadin

Hijaz

Hijaz are a world-jazz quartet centred around the oud and piano of Tunisian-born Moufadhel Adhoum and Belgian-Greek pianist Niko Deman,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2015

Colonised

Eardrum

London-based rhythm masters Eardrum have returned with their fourth full-length release, and what a return they’ve made. The collective was...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2015

La Bodega

Totó la Momposina

Totó la Momposina celebrates her 69th birthday with an irresistible disc of diverse Colombian genres, all rooted in her hometown...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Tudo o Que Move

Orfélia

Antera and Filipe Mattos first met in Berlin and were drawn to each other by their common language: Portuguese. She...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Assolist

Efruze

These sentimental tracks come from the golden, pre-Arabesk, age of Turkish gazinos, venues where mixed crowds would come, eat and...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2021

Groanbox

Groanbox

Canada's acoustic world roots-influenced band Groanbox have made a point of recording in unusual settings, and their sixth studio album...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2015

Zama Zama

Battlefield Band

A Zulu expression, roughly translating as let‘s try our luck’, might not seem the likeliest choice of title for a...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: March/2010

Live at Town Hall

The Klezmatics

For my money The Klezmatics have been the most important band on the klezmer scene over the past 25 years....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012

The Joy of Living

Jackie Oates

Ewan MacColl wrote the song Jackie Oates has chosen as the title-track of her seventh album when he realised his...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2018

Dub Zealand

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Reggae recognises no borders and ever since Bob Marley performed a legendary one-off show in Auckland in 1979, the irie...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2011