The Gift 8/10 An exquisite dichotomy exists between the sweetness of Leah Berry’s voice and the worldliness of her words. “I move slow,” she tells us, “since the last time I found warmth in your embrace.” Yet, at the end, she’s affirming, “You’ll stay in my dreams.” This complex love…
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Alive with Ghosts Today (Edition) 8/10 This is Chris Potter’s magnum opus, to date. Until now, I’d thought the saxophonist’s most important artistic statements came when he was in the late Paul Motian’s band. Alive with Ghosts Today sees him ratchet up the ambition, creating a suite memorialising the 1860…
Antahkarana 8/10 What a great title. Antahkarana, the latest instalment of The Three Seas’ 13-year voyage into a previously uncharted fusion of traditional Bengali music, jazz, dub, pop and more, is Sanskrit for “inner instrument”. This refers to the place inside us where memory, intuition, identity and soul converge. Add…