Reviews

Old Stock

Ben Caplan

The resonantly crackling baritone voice of Ben Caplan dominates the proceedings on Old Stock, the Halifax, Nova Scotia native's third...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

On & Between: New Music for Pipa & Western Ensembles

Lin Ma & Zhen Chen

This suite of pieces by New York-based pianist and composer Zhen Chen is a musical tribute to Chinese immigrants to...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

The Good is a Big God

Domenico Lancellotti

Over the years, I have returned to Rio drummer Domenico Lancellotti's collaborations with Moreno Veloso and Alexandre Kassin - the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Francesita

Louise Jallu

‘Francesita’ is one of several pieces on this fine double album composed by Enrique Delfino, the now near-forgotten pioneer of...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Jazz Tango

Pablo Ziegler Trio

A member of Astor Piazzolla's last quintet, Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler shared the innovator's liking for both classical and...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Chants of India

Ravi Shankar

HariSongs is a new label set up to re-release some of the music in the family archive of the late...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Mariza

Mariza

If Mariza's last album, 2015's Mundo, was her most ‘crossover’ sounding set to date, with its unique combination of pop...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Partir

Elina Duni

Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni's work until now has been with a jazz group, but her new offering is an entirely...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Almas Rebeldes

Che Sudaka

Sudaka is a racial slur for ‘South American,’ used as often ironically as pejoratively. With this album of upbeat, cumbia-influenced...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018

Disques Debs International: An Island Story - Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960-1972

Various Artists

A first release from the vaults of the label Disques, this French Caribbean selection encapsulates the riveting cross-pollination of island...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018