Reviews
Até ao Fim
Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015
Magnificent
This latest album from Swiss jazz guitarist Nicolas Meier is a collection of originals and improvisations on themes inspired by...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/February/2022
Coimbra: Fado
This meticulously recorded disc aims to push the boundaries of Coimbra fado in the same way many have already done...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
In the Beginning
In the Beginning is a collaboration between the Danish singer Kira Skov and the Estonian, Copenhagen-based saxophonist and composer, Maria...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017
Flamenco Mediterráneo
Carlos Coronado likes to establish a musical connection with landscape. Having been born in the Baix Empordà region of Catalonia,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024
WE MEAN IT, MAN!
Eugene Hütz’s American-Ukrainian gypsy-punks have always favoured heavyweight rock producers, with Steve Albini (Nirvana) and Rick Rubin (Metallica/Aerosmith) among those...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
The Kusum Beat
That the author of the liner notes, in archetypal 1970s African self¬empowerment fashion, signs himself ‘Super Star’ is as likely...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Son Con Guaguancó
To mark the centennial of Cuban legend Celia Cruz’ birth, Craft Latino is reissuing a series of classic recordings. Opening...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2025
The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite
Truly a concept rather than a story, this comes at you ‘packed with utopia and sermons for righteous earthlings… those...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2021
Homenaje a El Carmen
Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio are a family music group from El Carmen in Chincha, a cotton-producing province around 200km south of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022
