Igor Willcox: #1
This viscerally exciting recording with the young Brasilian drummer, Igor Willcox at the helm of affairs bodes well for the new generation of musicians...
Soli: Meu Pulso
There’s a good chance you might not have heard of the guitarist, vocalist and composer of these songs – Soli. Having a one-word name...
Tamikrest Presents: Kidal
If you are left agape at the untold beauty of the desert, you will be left breathless by how it is described by the...
andPlay: Playlist
Ashkan Behzadi - Crescita Plastica; David Bird - Bezier; Apocrypha; Clara Iannotta - Limun
andPlay is Maya Bennardo: vn and Hannah Levinson: va
In a rather...
Ajoyo: War Chant
Ajoyo released their EP War Chant in the Fall of 2019 and have since followed that four-song release with a full album in the...
Various Artists: Festival International Nuits d’Afrique
To most people who have, at some time or other in their lives, been students of geography Africa is a continent; a rather large...
The Garifuna Collective: Aban
The Garifuna story began when the cultural topography of the Caribs of St Vincent collided with that of the West Africans sometime after 1675....
Organissimo: B3tles – A Soulful Tribute to the Fab Four
You can never really go wrong with a Beatles tribute. However, many musicians make the mistake of trying to interpret motives (where there are...
Dover Quartet: The Curtis Session
Eric Sessler - Dreams from Life Awake I: Reverberation-Exploration-Flow; Dreams from Life Awake II: Tenderness-Love-Warmth; Dreams from Life Awake III Evolution-Growth-Transformation; Dreams from Life...
Les Amazones D’Afrique: Amazones Power
The word “amazones” (plural form of the word “amazone”) is usually associated with South America and the peoples – principally Brasilian (but also from...
Matia Levréro – Tcha Limberger: Mediterranean Quartet
It seems that there is no end to the number of incarnations in which the chameleonic Tcha Limberger will appear. So it’s no surprise...
Garbelotto | André: Loro Project
The Loro Project by a quartet led by Brasilian guitarist Vitor Garbelotto and French violinist Henrik André features some of the most spirited and...
San-São Trio: Novos Caminhos
The fact that the English-speaking world knows little or nothing about Brasil and its artists is borne out by this remarkable recording by the...
Corina Bartra & The Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra: Uniting Beats
Part of the reason why this music is so compelling is certainly due to the splendid accord with which this ensemble reads these arrangements,...
Stratus Luna: Presenting Stratus Luna
Think about Brasilian music played by Brasilians – even before a single note is played – and the chances are you’ll expect something magical...
Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg: Third Journey
Like both their previous recordings Third Journey by Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg is a benchmark one; historic in so many ways, just as...
Kinga Augustyn: Turning in Time
The young violinist Kinga Augustyn has outdone herself with the release of her second album of 2021, Turning in Time, probably reaching the apogee...
Joanna Sochacka: Grażyna Bacewicz – Piano Music
The lack of recognition for the work of Gra?yna Bacewicz – even among music’s cognoscenti – is something of mystery. The Polish violinist...
Sten Källman & Sanba Zao: Mapou
This recording – Mapou, featuring the Haitian-Swedish-Swedish-Haitian brass, woodwind and percussion orchestra of Sten Källman and Sanba Zao - is one of the most...
