Reviews
Paqueando
Diego Amador & José Maria Bandera
Diego Amador is one of a rare breed: a flamenco pianist. Rarer still he is also a cantaor (singer). Highlighting...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2024
Destination
Afla Sackey once taught Afrobeat at the Royal Academy of Music, and here he gives a masterclass in how it...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2024
Les Îles du Désert
Loy Ehrlich was one multi-instrumental third of France’s esteemed Hadouk Trio, whose co-founder and fellow ex-Gong member, Didier Malherbe, guests...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Troubadour
Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2024
Bamako Chicago Sound System
Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko
In the summer of 2017, kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko and American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell were commissioned by Chicago’s Hyde...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024
A Sound Heart
Whatever/Whoever is the translation of Jaubi (pronounced jaw-bee) and ‘whatever sounds good’ is the band’s guiding principle. The Pakistani jazz...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024
Jesus Ñ Voltará
Originally released in 2023, this is a new deluxe version to take advantage of the attention it has garnered since...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
Abu Kenda
Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: November/2024
Traditional Singing from Dublin
Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
