Reviews
On a Good Day
After a seven-year hiatus, Belgian flute player Yves Barbieux returns as part of Polk Trio, bringing together his flute and...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Medicine
To get the full therapeutic benefit of Orchestra Gold's Medicine; it's best to play it loud. That way you experience...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Pasado en Claro
This album is credited to double bass player Anders Jormin, and indeed seven of the 11 compositions are his. Yet...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Face to Face
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection
The velvet-voiced Sotho folk singer Vusi Mahlasela met the Swedish jazz/soul collective Jive Connection in the early 1990s in an...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Ez Kî Me
Even though this is actress and singer Meral Polat's homage to her Kurdish roots, the music on her debut album,...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Li Pedi
Nisia Trio's Li Pedi is an album for the ears as well as for the feet. Dancing their way from...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Try Paradise
It's hard to tell who or what the wellspring of this album is, and, I might be wrong, but on...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Where You Wish You Were
Bill Laurance & Michael League
Michael League and Bill Laurance are leading figures of the massively popular collective Snarky Puppy, who snag everything from jazz,...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Tudo Está Bom
Back in 2009, Playing for Change became an unexpected global success. It involved street musicians from across the world (and...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Thunder
‘A Song for Thor’ that opens this album is a thunderous Thor de force. It features a four-metre long Tibetan...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
