Reviews

Gandhi

Rão Kyao

Rão Kyao was actually born João Gorjão Jorge and was a key figure in the local Portuguese jazz scene in...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Distancer

Hiatus

British-Iranian musician Hiatus (Cyrus Shahrad) began the musical exploration of his heritage in 2005, aft er discovering his father’s record...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Kindred Souls

Adrian Freedman

Nothing should really surprise us in the global village of world music any more, but even so Adrian Freedman’s CV...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Avant Folk II

Frode Haltli

This is Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s follow-up to 2018’s original Avant Folk album, reuniting the same ten-piece ensemble. Its four...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Birdy Island

Howie Lee

This is a strange, somewhat haunting album that may be classified as ‘ambient’ music by some, but it is attempting...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Mind Maintenance

Mind Maintenance

Chicago-based Joshua Abrams is a jazz bassist whose career encompasses a range of experimental strands. He’s long been an aficionado...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

There is No End

Tony Allen

When this reviewer interviewed Allen for Songlines in 2020 just before lockdown, we talked mostly about Rejoice, his collaborative album...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Vulture Prince

Arooj Aftab

Pakistani-American singer and composer Arooj Aftab weaves the Hindustani vocal tradition into exquisite arrangements that are mournful but moreish, creating...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Luci e Guai

Crimi

Raised in Lyon with the tunes his Sicilian grandmother sang to him, Julien Lesuisse set out in search of his...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Piazzolla 2021

Louise Jallu

French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...

Reviewed in issue June/2021