Reviews
Beneath the Surface
The latest release from Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer-songwriter Kutcha Edwards further expands his repertoire of heartfelt songs, delivered with honesty and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: May/2017
Studio One Rocksteady 2
Soul Jazz’s second excursion into the vaults of Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One productions searches for the blissful sounds of the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2017
Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose
For the better part of 20 years, Buda’s Éthiopiques releases have been the go-to series for Ethio-jazz and traditional music...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
A Delicate Game
Comprising singer Claire Hastings, pianist Tina Jordan Rees, fiddler Gráinne Brady and Heather Downie on clarsach (harp), Top Floor Taivers’...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2017
Aur
Amazingly, this is only the fourth studio album from the long-established Cardiff-based traditional music group, Carreg Lafar. These champions of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2017
Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Last year the sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston and double bass player Jon Thorne...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Genau!
The international debut from the Italian quartet claims to represent the ‘Power Gypsy Dance’ style. What exactly this is, Baro...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
As Montanhas de Som
It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
Despite the title, the first album from the legendary Senegalese dance band in a decade is not a tribute album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
