Carsten Dahl Experience: Reverentia

Carsten Dahl | Jesper Zeuthen | Nils ‘Bosse’ Davidsen | Stefan Passborg

Carsten Dahl is a highly regarded pianist in the country that has brought us such groundbreaking television dramas such as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Album Interview: Sarah Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Adriano Adewale | Avishai Cohen | Dominic Miller | Henry Thomas | Martyn Baker | Sarah Jane Morris | Tony Rémy

In many ways, this is a remarkable album. Remarkable for its ambition, its sound world, its powerful stories and, at...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014

Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson: Just The Two Of Us

Cæcilie Norby | Lars Danielsson

This duet album by husband and wife duo Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson presents an intimate, enigmatic and playful collection...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2015

Pharoah Sanders: Shukuru

Idris Muhammad | Leon Thomas | Pharoah Sanders | Ray Drummond | William Henderson

The recent passing of Pharoah Sanders may make the sound of his music poignant right now but this somewhat overlooked...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Konono No.1: Assume Crash Position

Antoine Ndombele | Augustin Makuntima Mawangu | Duki Makumbu | Menga Waku | Mingiedi Mawangu | Ndofusu Mbiyavanga | Pauline Mbuka Nsiala | Vincent Visi

Konono No.1 are one of the more unlikely success stories of recent years, and their star continues to blaze. The...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Stacey Kent: Songs From Other Places

Art Hirahara | Stacey Kent

Some day in the future, a keen scholar of the music will write a fabulous PhD about all of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Simon Nabatov/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Luminous

Keenly atmospheric collective free-improv from a virtuosic line-up that gets the balance just right between pianist Nabatov’s unpredictable melody-driven twists...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

ENEMY: Enemy

James Maddren | Kit Downes | Petter Eldh

ENEMY's music fills me with a mix of wonder and fear. The compositions on this, their debut release as a...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2018

Chantler/Noble/Wright: Atlantis

Stockholm-based synth player John Chantler and his free improv trio of British drummer Steve Noble/ saxophonist Seymour Wright offer very...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable — Live at Blues Alley

Eric Alexander | Jeff “Tain” Watts | Pat Martino | Tony Monaco

Fifty years ago, when he was a skinny, hollow-cheeked 17-year-old newcomer in Willis “Gator Tail” Jackson's Harlem-based combo, Pat Martino...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012