Reviews

The Next Generation

Groundation

Groundation are a reggae group who formed at Sonoma State University in 1998. The original members were all studying jazz...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Whorls

Kittel & Co

Jeremy Kittel's last album, Chasing Sparks, is one of the most perfect fiddle albums you could ever hope to hear....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Sway

Gérald Toto

Gérald Toto has kept us waiting seven years for a new solo album. The French-Antillean multi-instrumentalist does not disappoint with...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

The Alchemy

Elements

Very often discs that are presented as fusion are rather samey and do not so much fuse a number of...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Quest

Out of Nations

Although dwelling in Berlin, the Out of Nations six-piece soon discovered that each of them had passports for different countries,...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Naktės

Merope

Recorded in small, cosy rooms and only after dark, this album glitters with a sense of wonder at the special...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Haven

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3's infatuation with bluegrass puts down its deepest roots yet in this fervent follow-up to 2016's String Theory....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Anba Tonèl

Bellegarde

The Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde is devoted to old-time Caribbean ballroom music, in which Africa met Europe in the Creole...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Ahlam

NES

NES are an intriguing trio. Formed in Valencia, Spain, they are fronted by a remarkable and versatile singer, Nesrine Belmokh....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Air Fàir an Là

Niteworks

The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...

Reviewed in issue November/2018