Reviews
Zara McFarlane: Songs of an Unknown Tongue
Musically, lyrically, conceptually, in any number of ways Zara McFarlane's fourth studio album Songs of an Unknown Tongue is a...
Reviewed in issue August/2020
Various Artists: Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4
A Gilles Peterson radio session at the BBC's Maida Vale studio went past its broadcast remit in 2018, as a...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Kassa Overall: I Think I'm Good
If you crossed Thundercat and Robert Wyatt it might sound something like Kassa Overall, an inventive Brooklyn-based rapper/ vocalist/drummer/producer grappling...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Maisha: There Is A Place
Maisha brings together some of the stars of the young London jazz scene under the leadership of drummer and composer...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Various Artists: We Out Here
A timely overview of the part of the young London jazz scene grown through channels such as Tomorrow’s Warriors and...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Zara McFarlane: Arise
Zara McFarlane | Moses Boyd | Shabaka Hutchings | Peter Edwards
Heavily inspired by a trip to Jamaica, home of her parents, this album marks another key stage in McFarlane's artistic...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Various Artists: Brownswood 10 Versions
This anthology celebrating a decade of Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label is a vinyl-only offering that includes covers by label star...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Daymé Arocena: Cubafonia
The strum of a tres. A crash of cymbals. Swelling horns. Spoken-word incantations. A revving rhythm section, soaring massed-voice choir...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Shabaka & The Ancestors: Wisdom Of Elders
Given the substantial amount of time he spends in South Africa it was inevitable that British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings would...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Yussef Kamaal: Black Focus
South Londoners Yussef Dayes and Henry Williams draw inspiration from 1970s fusion trademarked by the likes of Herbie, Zawinul and...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2016/2017
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