Reviews
Elo
Four years after her last album, Samba Meu, Elis Regina's daughter (as she now allows herself to be called) returns...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2012
Fatou
Just when you thought Mali couldn't possibly produce any more extraordinary new musical stars, here's another. Born in the Ivory...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: October/2011
We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This
If they really are ‘usually a lot better than this’ then it's difficult to imagine what Tim O'Brien and Darrell...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
Como Lo Ves
With their selection box of various Latin styles, Lariba are another border-erasing product of music’s global village. The eight-piece –...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Devla (Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven)
Boban i Marko MarkoviC Orkestar
Boban Markovic, one of European music’s top trumpet players, has been playing explosive Balkan Gypsy tunes for longer than almost...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010
Oy
Mohsen Namjoo has created quite a buzz in Iran in recent years, initially as a singer-songwriter pushing the boundaries and...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2010
Paper Airplane
Paper Airplane is the first release by Alison Krauss & Union Station since 2004's Lonely Runs Both Ways. All of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Alice Coltrane's career, following the death of her husband, the legendary John, was remarkable for its dedication to the kind...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017
Pandemic Songs
Johnson is an English singersongwriter who wears his heart on his sleeve and always fights the good fight. His forefathers...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2020
