Reviews
Melt Yourself Down: 100% Yes
Adam Betts | Ruth Goller | Kush Gaya | Zands Duggan | Pete Wareham | George Crowley
Melt Yourself Down’s Last Evenings On Earth (2016) seemed to share the apocalyptic, transmuting themes of Shabaka Hutchings’ parallel work...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Madeleine Peyroux: Anthem
Brian MacLeod | Madeleine Peyroux | David Baerwald | Larry Klein | Patrick Warren
That Leonard Cohen is one of Madeleine Peyroux's key musical touchstones is clearly evidenced by her interpretations of ‘Dance Me...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Sod
Sod were a band of longhairs from LA who, in the early 1970s, released two, now largely forgotten, albums. The...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
The Hot Sardines: French Fries + Champagne
This sassy gypsy swing band play show tunes, film themes and old blues and something a little more unpredictable: a...
Reviewed in issue August/2016
Stefano Bollani: Napoli Trip
The flamboyant Italian jazz pianist pays homage to Napoli in his inimitably colourful and high spirited style fronting a Neapolitan...
Reviewed in issue August/2016
Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni
Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Stefano Bollani: Sheik Yer Zappa
Stefano Bollani | Josh Roseman | Jason Adasiewicz | Jim Black | Larry Grenadier
With a stellar band and the whole Zappa universe to choose from, expectations for this project come high. Bollani himself...
Reviewed in issue February/2015
The Hot Sardines
A veritable retro stab at an early small group jazz mix of hot New Orleans swing, jump jive, flapper jazz,...
Reviewed in issue February/2015
Molly Johnson: Because of Billie
Terry Clarke | Mike Downes | Molly Johnson | Robi Botos
A new recording from the great Canadian vocalist and JUNO Award-winner, Molly Johnson, is always cause for celebration. But her...
Reviewed in issue November/2014
China Moses & Raphaël Lemonnier: Crazy Blues
China Moses | Raphaël Lemonnier
Paying tribute to some of the grande dames of blues and soul, from the opening ‘Resolution Blues’ vocalist China Moses...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
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