Reviews
Minka
The Eva Quartet are undoubtedly the finest current exponents of small group vocal music by Bulgarian composers and arrangers, rooted...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Operette
Marseille's favourite sons, Moussu T e lei Jovents, finally get round to their town's classic traditions. Marseille's operette music hall...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Rough Guide to World Jazz
For a long time, the Rough Guide series was indispensable for world music fans. Within one CD, they would take...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Esantronics
This is the debut recording of the Dutch-Isan (North-east Thai, also spelled Esan) hybrid music collective, which was recorded at...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Free the System
About this album, Dandana say ‘the old system can’t easily deal with young or new ideas.’ In a time where...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020
You No Fit Touch Am
There is Femi and Seun Kuti, of course, and the ever-dextrous iconic Tony Allen, who guests hither and yon. But...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
Interconnectedness
When Carmen Souza first began playing and recording with her faithful partner, the bassist and producer Theo Pas’cal, their music...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
Do Amor e dos Dias
Camané's latest album, Of Love and Days, is unlikely to be the easiest of listening for newcomers to fado but...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
