Reviews
New Regency Orchestra
Brainchild of Lex Blondin, Church of Sound and Total Refreshment Centre co-founder, New Regency Orchestra is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
Live in Kyoto
Serving up ten tracks of previously unrecorded material captured in situ before an audience, Live in Kyoto can’t be faulted...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2024
Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana
Now here’s an intriguing album. Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana is an impressive experimental guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Italy who has built...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
Comfort Food
Indo-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia has flown somewhat under the radar in Europe, winning Songlines’ 2009 Best Newcomer award only after...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024
Halocline
What a blessing that we’ve come into a time of celebration and experimentation for the humble Scottish smallpipes and border...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2024
New Stories
This duo recording presents an intriguing clash of cultures. Eve Crazy is a Senegalese female rapper perhaps best-known as a...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2024
Ship to Shore
It’s been a fair few years since Thompson’s previous set, 2018’s excellent 13 Rivers. Here it’s more a case of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
The Kindest One
Jorga Mesfin is a comparatively new kid on the Ethio-jazz block. The Ethiopian saxophonist also happens to be Mulatu Astatke’s...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Vari
Innovation born of mastery of tradition is a central tenet of GroundUP, the record label founded by Michael League. And...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024
Passeport
From the moment Lassana Sané, aka Lass, gently launches into the opening track ‘Massamba’, the listener is aware of the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2024
