Reviews
Sing Me Home
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 2000 to explore the music of the cultures along the ancient...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016
The Original Sound of Burkina Faso
Bordered by Mali, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Niger, and with a population that spans some 60 different...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
On the Dancefloor
This is a super-tight Latvian acoustic dance band whose sets range from Talking Heads and Neil Young covers to a...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: May/2026
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Não Tente Compreender
Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Ginga
The fifth album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Flavia Coelho is brimming with uplifting, catchy melodies, which have become her signature appeal....
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: July/2024
Carta de Amor
This recording captures the celebrated Brazilian singer live in a concert in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 in front of...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2014
Fazer e Cantar
Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022
Afrobrasileira
This impressively confident debut album is the work of Barcelona-based Mirla Riomar, singer-songwriter from Salvador da Bahia, in north-east Brazil....
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2022
