Reviews
Dusty Road
Klezmer might provide the heart of this quartet’s repertoire, but they also welcome added inputs, including tango, Gypsy jazz and...
Reviewed by Marain Longley in issue: October/2020
Live at the Old Fruitmarket
Live at the Old Fruitmarket marks an incredible ten years for the band, a decade that has seen many changes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2020
Doce Milongas de Amor y un Tango Desesperado
Sometimes it’s hard to hear a song for the first time. That’s certainly the case for me with Delfina Cheb’s...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Colour by Number
Having grown up in Australia’s Northern Territory city of Darwin, singer-songwriter Leah Flanagan proudly claims a mixed multicultural heritage that...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020
Mazel
The Algerian group Democratoz mix rai and Gnawa with reggae, rock and jazz. Their debut album, Mazel, shows that it...
Reviewed by Maria Ezzitouni in issue: October/2020
Last Pagan Rites/From the Yotvingian Stone
Born in 1932, Bronius Kutavičius is one of the most prominent figures in Lithuanian musical culture. Concerned with the deep...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2020
Live at Bakehouse
Australian-Iranian singer and instrumentalist Gelareh Pour begins her performance with a breathy introduction on her kamancheh (spike fiddle), before cautiously...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2020
Inner World
One can imagine Bono’s wrap-around shades turning green with envy when he heard that the New Zealand duo Junelle and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Lindé
After years of playing with Ali Farka Touré, Afel Bocoum seemed well placed to take over the great man’s mantle...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
