Reviews
Dom Salvador JID024
Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammed
After collaborating with Brazilian notables like Marcos Valle, João Donato and Azymuth, the workaholic studio partners, Younge & Muhammed, have...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2025
Two Moons
Known for her numerous appearances on film and video game soundtracks (notably Mulan, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Civilization VII),...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2026
Le Chant des Rameurs
Gabriel Saglio & Les Vieilles Pies
In the course of a variegated career, Gabriel Saglio has forged a solid reputation as a lyricist with a keen...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
New Jazz Musette
Plenty of artists venerate and emulate Astor Piazzolla. His distinctive signature sound, prolific output and long career left a huge...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Vocês Querem Mate?
Vocês Querem Mate? is the latest instalment in Far Out's ongoing resurrection of the catalogue on Roberto Quartin's long-buried record...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2017
Sway
Gérald Toto has kept us waiting seven years for a new solo album. The French-Antillean multi-instrumentalist does not disappoint with...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: November/2018
Laughter Out of Tears
Moira Smiley has cemented her status as a musical polyglot with her latest release alongside her female choir Voco. Not...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Age of Aquarius
There have been a lot of releases in recent years by European acts incorporating Asian pop and even traditional instrumentation...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2022
Cumbia Siglo XXI
Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
