Category: Album Reviews

June 15, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

Joseph Tawadros Truth Seekers Lovers & Warriors (ABC) The Bridge Project Peace by Peace (http://www.bridgeprojecttrio.com/) Horse & Wood Horse & Wood (http://www.horsefiddle.com/) Scoffed any Turkish delight, lately? Banh xeo? Falafel? Peking duck? Spanakopita? Chicken tikka? What about just biscotti and good coffee? Such are the blessings of Australia’s multiculturalism, yet,…

June 3, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

1966 (Sarang Bang) What a rare treasure! Few would dispute that Bernie McGann was the most distinctive jazz musician Australia has produced, and this provides a chance to hear how fully-formed that singularity was back in 1966. Although his two tracks on the 1967 Jazz Australia album might have already…

May 23, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

90 ͦ Degrees of Shade (Soul Jazz) Islands foster not only unique fauna, but distinctive musical forms. This double-album compilation, subtitled Hot Jump-Up Island Sounds From the Caribbean, covers the vibrant output of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and more – all sharing the collision of European,…