Reviews
Oriental Winds of the Baroque
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Nils Økland, Elizabeth Holmertz, Kouame Sereba & Jésus Fernández Baena
There can be no doubting the ambition of Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and his ensemble on this release. In the...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Acamar
This is a relaxed, drifting set of Arabic-European instrumental compositions and improvisations from a band based in the Netherlands. The...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Kalba
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon
Recorded in a church in north Ghana, this charity-driven collaboration between Ghanaian xylophonist Isaac Birituro and British producer and singer-songwriter...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Quantum Leap
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours
Mehmet Polat, the Turkish oud player and composer describes his instrument as being a ‘great connector of cultures’ and, indeed,...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Togetherings
Afrobeat! It started in the West African tropics and blazed a trail almost as far as the Arctic… well, Finland,...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Gobi Desert
Stretching across an expanse of terrain joining Central Asia to northern China, the Gobi Desert is the location of several...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Night Song
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song was the second time the Pakistani devotional qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had worked with Canadian producer...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
A Path of Light
When Jeff Adler sat down to write a song as a gift for his friend's daughter on the occasion of...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Clandestino/Bloody Border
There are plenty of great albums that seem to define a moment in time but, as the zeitgeist moves on,...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Karsilama
From a Turkish word meaning ‘meeting’ or ‘welcome’ comes the title of this resolutely acoustic album. The trio, based on...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
