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Review of Somewhere is Here!

Somewhere is Here!

Isra-Alien

Isra-Alien

Rating: ★★★

The cover of the CD shows our two heroes – jazz guitarist Oren Neiman and rock guitarist Gilad Ben Zvi...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Don’t Keep Silent

Don’t Keep Silent

Batucada Sound Machine

Riot Music

Rating: ★★

The title of this New Zealand funk/fusion outfit’s second album couldn’t be more appropriate. Across the album’s 11 tracks Batucada...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Quest Under Capricorn

Quest Under Capricorn

Shaolin Afronauts

Freestyle

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst Shaolin Afronaut’s debut, Flight of The Ancients, wore its influences somewhat overtly on its sleeve, their follow-up sees them...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Dancing on Roses, Dancing on Cinders

Dancing on Roses, Dancing on Cinders

Raya Brass Band

Raya Brass Band

Rating: ★★★

The raw brass band music that accompanies all important celebrations in the Balkans has been given a serious spit and...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Oud Vibrations

Oud Vibrations

Ahmed Abdul Malik & Chick Ganimian

Fingertips

Rating: ★★★★

At first glance this punning titled reissue of two rare ‘East meets West’ jazz LPs from the late 1950s may...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Solidarity

Solidarity

The Souljazz Orchestra

Top of the World

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

A multicultural album recorded by a group of international expats and Canadian natives on a surplus Tascam eight-track tape machine...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Hidden Legacy

Hidden Legacy

Harmonia

Folk Sounds Records

Rating: ★★★★

Eclectic would be the right word to describe this offering from Cleveland-based Eastern European collective Harmonia. For once, the term...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of East North

East North

Tim Dorofeyev’s Project

Leo Records

Rating: ★★★

There has always been an eclectic tinge, and a flair for the complex and wildly virtuosic in Russian jazz. This...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World

The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

The Rough Guide to Un dis cove red World is a showcase compilation. It is the CD companion to record...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Insofar

Insofar

Sundog

Editions Penguin Cafe

Rating: ★★★

One interesting aspect about seeing Sundog – Arthur Jeffes on piano and violinist Oli Langford – perform live is hearing...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

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