Reviews

Calypso Rose Forever

Calypso Rose

The return to the spotlight in 2016 of the veteran Calypso Rose, half-a-century after she was first crowned Trinidad’s carnival...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022

Argentum

Carlos Franzetti

Many books and articles have been written about the tortuous relationship between Buenos Aires and its rural hinterland. US-based but...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Atlas

Tune In

French production duo (and brothers) Harry and Xavier Veynand have chosen an appropriate title for their first album: it feels...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021

Musica Fina

Fernando’s Kitchen

A six-piece UK- based fusion band, Fernando’s Kitchen grew out of a meeting on London’s South Bank between two buskers:...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014

Benyoro

Benyoro

‘What we really do is play praise music; we’ve just sped it up a little,’ explains Sam Dickey, guitarist and...

Reviewed by Andy Thomas in issue: October/2014

Chosen Daughter

Maz O'Connor

When I reviewed O'Connor's debut release, This Willowed Light, back in #102, I enthused about how the turn of phrase...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2019

Moytou

Batch Gueye

UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

The Original Sound of Mali

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The dance band craze of the 1970s saw groups from all over West Africa putting their own spin on Latin...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017

Do Primeiro Fado Ao Último Tango

Mísia

‘From the First Fado to the Last Tango’ is a Best Of set celebrating Mísia’s 25 years as a recording...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2017

Assolist

Efruze

These sentimental tracks come from the golden, pre-Arabesk, age of Turkish gazinos, venues where mixed crowds would come, eat and...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2021