Reviews
Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China
Southwest China’s Yunnan province is home to the majority of the Hani people. Think of the terraced rice fields of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
Aiê
The nomadic Brazilian singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist LUIZGA is perhaps better known as Luiz Gabriel Lopes, erstwhile member of groups...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
Windrush Baby
The debut album from the Welsh-Jamaican singer Aleighcia Scott is worth checking out both for the range and variety of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
Cape Verdean Blues
Award-winning vocalist Kavita Shah presents a homage to the legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, as well as an expression...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2023
Moonshine
Initially a pioneer in electronic dance music with a specific Egyptian flavour, culminating in a perfect synthesis with shaabi and...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023
Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz
If you like your flamenco raw and unadulterated, without the studio frippery of added effects and multi-tracking that makes so...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Approach to Anima
Basically a trio, the self-proclaimed ‘ragtag collective’ of maya ongaku is based in the Ace General Store on their local...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2023
The Room
Fabiano Do Nascimento & Sam Gendel
Back in 1964 American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto released Getz/Gilberto, one of the bestselling jazz albums...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
