Reviews
Til My Song Is Done
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Emma Donovan
When Australian Indigenous singer Emma Donovan was little, her mother regularly entered her in country music busking and talent competitions....
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Dreamers in the Field
Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison
Tuvan khöömei/throat-singing elder statesmen Huun-Huur-Tu have made many collaborations over the years. Acclaimed producer Carmen Rizzo has worked with them...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Cadair Idris
Cadair Idris is the debut album from the Leeds-based eight-piece folk-jazz collective Awen Ensemble. Awen, meaning ‘poetic inspiration’ in Welsh,...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
I Can Feel My Dreams
Leipzig-based saxophonist, composer and producer Damian Dalla Torre has been on the improvisation/experimental music scene for some time, working with...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
SIHR
Frédéric D Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh & Wassim Halal
This album by four musicians from the eastern end of the Mediterranean is a real gallimaufry, in the best sense...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Sunbird
On paper, it’s hard to imagine this works: 23-year-old bandleader Coll brings together musicians from disparate backgrounds that cover Moroccan...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Tales of Orisas
The Nigerian-born jazz percussionist Lekan Babalola and British clarinettist Kate Luxmoore formed the Sacred Funk Quartet ‘following a commission by...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Where Did You Go?
Having released their first EP way back in 2018, Sandman Project’s aptly titled first full-length Where Did You Go? poses...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Ambiance Argile
Maël Salètes is a French musician who has enjoyed an intriguing and far-reaching career. He learned to play the djeli...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
