Reviews
M&M
Moreira Chonguiça & Manu Dibango
Old saxophonists never fade away, they just keep on blowing. It may not quite be up to Manu Dibango's ‘Big...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Year of the Funky
The talented young guzheng player Bei Bei has teamed up, for her sophomore effort, with a very experienced producer and...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Love Party
I have a confession: before listening to this I had never heard an Azerbaijani-Finnish ensemble performing club music. In my...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
They Found Asylum in the Sea
The seven-piece UK Afrobeat collective Sea Slugs have self-released three albums in four years since they formed in 2013. The...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Year of the Clown
The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Brincantes
I often feel weary when faced with collaborations between Europeans and Brazilians when the accordion-led rhythm of forró is mentioned,...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Kyoto Mon Amour
For some time, traditional Japanese music and modal jazz have made for a fruitful synthesis. Both share a fascination with...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Salone
The Kondi Band teams the blind Sierra Leonean thumb piano player and vocalist Sorie Kondi with the US producer and...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
The Medlars
As a four-piece playing informally at an English traditional wassail-singing session, The Medlars impressed me with the direct, welcoming performance...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
