Reviews
L'Odyssey
This excellent debut album from Middle Eastern/Caribbean duo Vocal Global qualifies as true world music in every sense. Israeli Noga...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Attic Mornings
Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Jorjuna
Drawing on this Breton band's travels throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Jorjuna is named after a ten-beat rhythm...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Lawless, Winged & Unconfined
Clarinettist Merlin Shepherd, a central figure of the British klezmer crowd, presents us here with a new band, Hamsa, and...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
This second album by the New York duo 75 Dollar Bill made the year-end ‘Best Of’ lists in several UK...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Les Routes de l'Esclavage 2 CDs & DVD
Sponsored by UNESCO and conceived by the Catalan musician Jordi Savall as a cultural history of slavery and a homage...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel
The dialogue between Hindustani classical and jazz music has a storied past. This latest effort to expand the lexicon draws...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Transparent Water
In October 2000 Cuban pianist Omar Sosa made his UK debut in the most inauspicious surroundings: the bar of Glasgow’s...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
