Reviews
Door to the Cosmos
When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Breath & Hammer
Clarinettist David Krakauer played with The Klezmatics before forging a distinctive solo career that pushes at the boundaries of many...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Over That Road I’m Bound
In the two decades and more since the 18-year-old Joachim Cooder played percussion alongside Ry Cooder on Buena Vista Social...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
NO VISA
Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
In Mumbai
Equally at home in both the trad and jazz worlds, saxophonist, piper and whistler Fraser Fifield is one of those...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Shaman!
With the return of original band member Dr Margaux Simmons on flute, the Pyramids are now seven. This alone helps...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Pipers
I’m a big fan of the clarinet. Of all the wind instruments it has the widest and most varied range...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West
The bottom has rather dropped out of the market for world music compilations but just occasionally a valuable collection can...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Paradise Cinema
Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie recorded this album in Dakar, Senegal, influenced by the sound of mbalax that played until six...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
