Reviews
Halak Halak
Snaking synth lines and exotic chord sequences collide with vigorous bass-laden beats and housey bedrock foundations, as East meets West...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020
Enlighten the Night
Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat has recorded an impressive series of albums – solo, with her sister Marjan Vahdat and with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Ferrari Safari
Best known to us for his series of field recordings of African traditional music and for reissuing the 22-CD Historical...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2020
Essence of Raga Tala
Here tabla maestro Kuljit Bhamra has put together a rather eclectic but very enjoyable selection of tracks, many which he...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2020
Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 2
Following their debut album, Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 1, the London-based mash-up reggae band The Hempolics have now released...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: October/2020
Lagos Pepper Soup
Nigerian bassist and composer Michael Olatuja has spent most of his life in three cities: first Lagos, then London, and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
Failde Con Tumbao
Cuban bandleader and flautist Ethiel Failde is the great-great nephew of Miguel Failde, the Matanzas composer who in the late...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2020
Afternoon Tea at Six
Following just two years after their excellent 2018 debut Nim Dong, this second recording by Sydney ethno-jazz collective Eishan Ensemble...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2020
Roda Amaranta
Saveria Margiola & Mikis TheodOrakis
Composer-conductor Mikis Theodorakis, aged 95 this July, is a Greek national institution. While classically trained, since 1958 his compositions and...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: October/2020
Marcos Valle JID003
Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
More than half a century after recording the seminal Samba ’68 album for Verve, Marcos Valle’s love affair with black...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2020
