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Review of Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia

Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia

Tim Maia

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★

One of the oddities of Brazilian music is the lack of strong, assertive male vocals: the kind of voices that...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of The Lost Tapes

The Lost Tapes

Owiny Sigoma Band

Top of the World

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022

Review of African Metropolitan Music

African Metropolitan Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

musicforarchitecture

Rating: ★★★★

Over the past decade, the celebrated architect David Adjaye has visited every African country, photographing the architecture of a full...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2012

Review of Grandeza

Grandeza

Sessa

Boiled/Risco VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

Initially known for his collaboration with experimental guitarist Yonatan Gat and psych-rockers Garotas Suecas, Sessa makes his hotly awaited solo...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of The Bell That Never Rang

The Bell That Never Rang

Lau

Top of the World

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Captivating, exquisite, stunning. The excitable flurry of deserving superlatives that followed Lau's live performances with the Elysian Quartet were even...

Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: June/2015

Review of My Name is Giridhar Udupa

My Name is Giridhar Udupa

Giridhar Udupa

Top of the World

7K!

Rating: ★★★★★

Having performed as a sideman with a myriad of world-class South Asian and Western artists, percussion virtuoso Giridhar Udupa releases...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Live in San Javier 2021

Live in San Javier 2021

Matthieu Saglio Quartet & Guests

Pulpito Records

Rating: ★★★

French-born agronomist-turned-cellist Matthieu Saglio reprises his 2020 top-selling album El Camino de los Vientos (reviewed in the July 2020 issue,...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022

Review of From the Rich Dark Earth

From the Rich Dark Earth

Abraham Brody

Abraham Brody

Rating: ★★★★

Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017

Review of Nocturne

Nocturne

David Walters

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Born in Marseilles to Afro-Caribbean parents, Walters has enjoyed a varied career from founding the French electro hip-hop collective Zimpala...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of A Selection of Ever-Popular Favourites

A Selection of Ever-Popular Favourites

Dom Flemons & Martin Simpson

Fledg’ling Records

Rating: ★★★

This live recording from the duo's UK tour last autumn features a set of old-time vaudeville and music hall songs,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016

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