Reviews

Doroja

Santiago Córdoba & The Bauls of Bengal

One of the most striking things about Baul music – a form of folk music from Bengal, South Asia – is its...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Tango Macondo

Paolo Fresu

Despite its name, Tango Macondo is not a tango record. It’s a soundscape of real and imaginary lands, born out...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Magma

Black Flower

Taking inspiration from Mulatu Astatke and Fela Kuti, as well as traditional Western and Oriental music, this fourth album from...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Reclusive Rituals

Shay Hazan

In his first album for Batov Records, Tel Aviv-based jazz bassist Shay Hazan takes his sound in a different direction....

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Yellow Spaceship

Jacob Gurevitsch

Jacob Gurevitsch is a flamenco guitarist from Denmark. His third album, Yellow Spaceship, sails through a seductive soundscape of flamenco,...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

The Lost Tapes

Owiny Sigoma Band

The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Our Island

Small Island Big Song

When the debut Small Island Big Song album was released in 2018, it was rightly hailed as a mini masterpiece....

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Wood & Steel

Joce Mienniel & Aram Lee

This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Kila Mara

Alai K

Alai K’s debut album is a potent mix of percussive practice from his native Kenya melded with the driving dance...

Reviewed in issue March/2022

Bandua

Bandua

In recent years, Edgar Valente has made a name for himself as a singer with the avant-folk act Criatura. Picking...

Reviewed in issue March/2022