Reviews
Saraba Sufiyana
Rafiki Jazz, the global band who bring together all manner of musicians so to demonstrate that music knows no borders,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Mandorla
Pierre Schryer is a household name in Canada and Adam Dobres is an accomplished guitarist who can play just about...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Music in Our Dreams
There's no question that Jeff Coffin is a fine woodwind player. After all, he spent years playing in the Flecktones...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
The Sisypheans
An apt title, perhaps, for a singular double act whose relentless international touring has seen them achieve cult status as...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Rumba Argelina
When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
DNA
Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Finding Friends Far from Home: A Journey with Clara Net
‘Tell us a story!’ kids chant on the opening track of this educational CD. What follows, though not quite a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
The Loft Tapes
Sheffield-based Mishra were founded by Ford Collier and Kate Griffin using money from the first Christian Raphael prize to foster...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Gypsybilly King
Canada's Adrian Raso won international prominence when he got together with Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia in 2014 to create...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
