Reviews
Pastourelle
Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde’s second solo album continues his fascination with the music of Haiti and the French West Indies,...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
Nagori
For their fifth full album, the four ‘sons of a Gypsy French poodle’ (as their name translates, roughly) have expanded...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
The Slovenian trio Širom are back with their fourth album fuelled by the search for a reconnection with the remote...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Where’s the One?
Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Anyankofo
Total Hip Replacement’s Anyankofo – a Fante word meaning ‘Friends’ – is an album about just that. This is a warm,...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party
David Krakauer | David Krakauer
Clarinettist David Krakauer is the ringleader for this high spirited album that features the Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra (with...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Maputo Electronico
Smadj/Chico Antônio/Rhodalia Silvestre
This new Maputo Electronico combination involves the musical traditions of Mozambique and Tunisia, filtered through a French electronic gauze, its...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Restless Nation: The Music of Andy Teirstein
Andy Teirstein/Marco Ambrosini/Yair Dalal/Mivos Quartet/Cassatt String Quartet
On one hand, ‘world music’ denotes a sound or style resulting from melding instrumentation (including vocalisation) drawn from different cultural...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
