Reviews
Un Canto por México, Vol 1
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020
Afrodiaspora
Susana Baca's new disc has been well worth the wait. It's infused with the natural grace that has always made...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2011
Rumba con Flores
Eliane Correa & En el Aire Project
This young, classically trained pianist, composer and arranger shares her time between London, Barcelona and Havana, and her creative energies...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2016
Bes
Formed in 2012, the trio who make up the Dwarfs found themselves living in the same apartment building in Cairo's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
Timbuktu Tarab
The absolute highlight of WOMAD Charlton Park last year for me was the Malian singer Khaira Arby from Timbuktu. Surrounded...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Manual de Romería
For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024
Domestic Eccentric
As the title suggests, Domestic Eccentric is mostly a record about home and family. Fittingly enough, it was recorded at...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015
Outra Margem
It is a tricky path, the one Vila Navio find themselves exploring: taking Portuguese traditional music and injecting it with...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Naming & Blaming
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
This is the second album from the Melbourne-based Public Opinion Afro Orchestra and it is unabashedly Afrobeat. The group take...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
