Reviews
I Heard the Voice of a Donut
Screamin’ Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya Mama Big Band
‘I’m just trying to have fun,’ insists the lyric of the penultimate track ‘Old Bones’. Taken as the prime directive...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Studio One Dub Fire Special
London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Pa el Agus y el Uli
Orquesta Típica Juan Pablo Navarro
This Argentinian orquesta típica – the classic tango band of ten or so players – is in fact atypical in...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Fern Girl & Ice Man
What we have here are two collections of old and familiar song forms. But they are reconstituted with observant, contemporary...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind
The 13-track setlist for Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind, which was recorded live in the Watershed Productions studio...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Caribbean Roots
Poet and spoken-word performer Anthony Joseph was born and raised in Trinidad, but has long lived in London, where he...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Bluegrass veteran Laurie Lewis does her mentors proud with this 14-track tribute to the undisputed female heavyweight champions of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Undercurrent
Accompanied by a line-up different from her familiar touring trio of recent years, Sarah Jarosz offers Undercurrent, which serves as...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Dark Desert Night
Somewhat overwrought in its presentation, Dark Desert Night by 3hattrio, who consist of Greg Istock on vocals and acoustic bass,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
