Reviews
Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego
Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024
La Pluma
It’s almost impossible to categorise La Pluma other than to suggest it’s sure to appeal to those who don’t like...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Meera
Living at a time when women were confined to the home, the 16th-century Hindu mystic-poet Meerabai (bai being an honorific...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024
Move into the Luminous
The cool, ambient depth charges embedded across Move into the Luminous come from prolific double bassist Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Dimanche à Bamako
If that title sounds familiar, it probably is: this album shares its name with Amadou & Mariam’s 2005 masterwork –...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2024
Remembrances
On his previous album, 2020’s Zarb-e Osul, Montreal-based percussionist Ziya Tabassian demonstrated his mastery of ancient Persian rhythmic cycles known...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/February/2024
El Violento
‘El Violento’? Julio Ernesto Estrada, aka Fruko, who ran for Colombia’s senate in 2013? One hopes not. The veteran of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
The Orchestra in the Sky
Hochzeitskapelle & Japanese Friends
Hochzeitskapelle are a German instrumental quintet comprised of musicians from the Munich Jazz scene, who have garnered a reputation for...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/February/2024
Guajirando
Mito and Comadre (both noms de guerre: ‘myth’ and ‘midwife’) hail from Venezuela, but moved to Bogotá, Colombia in the...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/February/2024
Na Beanna Beola
It’s a been a long wait for Fiachra O’Regan’s solo follow-up to his 2008 debut, Aisling Gheal. The time in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2024
