Reviews
Las Bases del Razonamiento
For the most part, Sonido Vegetal seem to be part of the great line of Spanish ska-punk bands, but their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2015
Livre
A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Até ao Fim
Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015
Happy Machine
The high-energy high jinks of this group from Bosnia and Herzegovina work a sort of reverse Balkanisation. Which is to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2016
Yeni Dunya
Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2017
Between the Earth and the Sky
Words like ‘maverick’ and ‘beatnik’ have been liberally seasoning the many reviews of the music of Lankum – formerly known...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2017
A Tiempo
Hailing from Triana, Seville's one time Gypsy quartei and home of classic flamenco, Rosario Guerrero Hernández, aka ‘La Tremendita’, has...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Bahia Com H
Perhaps because she worked alongside the likes of Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento – among other Brazilian greats –...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022
Andina: The Sound of the Peruvian Andes, Huayno, Carnaval and Cumbia 1968-1978
It's become fashionable – or at least SEO-savvy – to give records epic subtitles. This album's subtitle is ‘The Sound...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
