Reviews
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
The Tin Fiddle
Your ears could be forgiven for presuming there was at least one percussionist, guitarist or mandolin player on this album....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: August/2017
Let Them Speak
This is an album recorded by 18 musicians, separated by 18,000km. The Umoza Music Project is a joint Malawian and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2015
From Transylvania
Where is the meeting point between Romanian folklore and Jamaican-influenced dub? Lil Obeah, from Transylvania, is there, with hints of...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2022
A Cassowary Apart
Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers
The world of ambient banjo is a small one. This was the joke that brought together two participants in the...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2021
Soho
On his debut album, Cuban singer-songwriter Domingo Candelario leaves behind many of the Cuban and Brazilian influences he’s been honing...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2012
Rompiendo Aguas
The name of this duo, made up of Gerona-born Silvia Pérez Cruz and Israeli Ravid Goldschmidt, doesn’t refer to the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
Unity
A Gnawa singer and master of the three-stringed sintir lute, Hassan Hakmoun made his name more than 20 years ago...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2014
Atlantic Beat: Mad’in Portugal
There is a variety of ways of ordering a coffee in Portugal: OqueStrada tells us all about it in ‘Café...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
