Reviews
Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast
The title of this delicious compilation derives from the picós, the Afro-Colombian sound systems analogous to their Jamaican counterparts and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Echoes of the South
The original five Blind Boys long ago went to meet their maker, which is unsurprising given that they first raised...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Manoyatri – The Mind Voyager
Manoyatri is a set of four exciting new compositions by Australia-based Avra Banerjee who trained in Indian classical music and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023
Carrying
Unifying the output of North Carolina-based musician Sally Anne Morgan is not easy. There's her solo albums, 2020's Thread and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2023
4 Parakeets
While this second studio album from the multi-instrumentalist composer Jihad Darwish could easily have found its way into Jazzwise, there...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2023
Carruseles
Waaahaaahaaaa! From deep within Colombia's Discos Fuentes vaults comes another Vampisoul resurrection… But Afrosound's 1974 release stands out from the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Silencio
Described by their record label as ‘blending cumbia and existentialism,’ this is the first full album from Ana Karen G...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2023
Glimmer
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland
Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2023
Omnibus
All aboard the Omnibus express! Brussels-based musician Geneviève Laloy whisks us along on a sensational journey with her fifth album,...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
