Reviews
Cohesion
The third full-length offering from London-based producer Masaaki Yoshida sees him turn his hand to material inspired by Bollywood soundtracks...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Namaz
Some musical fusions languish in the superficial, achieving little more than a novel combination of disparate sounds, while others operate...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Shimmering Lights: Hanukkah Songs
Shimmering Lights: is one of those albums that really takes you by surprise. Seeing Hanukkah Songs in the title, as...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Written in Water
There's a sense of loss as well as near-chaotic celebration about this collaboration between musicians of the Scottish Highlands and...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
The Darkness Between the Leaves
From the rain-soaked Scottish glens to the hot and dusty deserts of Mali, the Alba Griot Ensemble have discovered an...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Poor Stuart
In Poor Stuart the London-born singer, double bassist and saxophonist has produced a rather extraordinary acoustic album of songs that...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
What Heat
I did a double-take upon hearing that the world-fusion group Bokanté was planning a project with the Metropole Orkest. Already...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
Socalled Sings Di Frosh and Other Yiddish Songs
Socalled with the Kaiser Quartett
Josh Dolgin, better known as Socalled, is a rap producer who shunned the traditional treasure troves of American funk and...
Reviewed in issue December/2018
