Reviews
Laylet el Booree
For their second album, Ifriqiyya Electrique have refined their approach; an improved production lends greater power to a concept that...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2019
Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa
Caitlin McNally, who produced this CD/DVD package, writes: ‘In early 2005, I headed to Marrakech, Morocco with a camera, a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Deep Roots Observer Style
Every musical genre has its golden age and there's many a reggae enthusiast who'll routinely cast a wistful eye back...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012
Ninguém Vai Me Segurar
Cut down by terminal illness in the prime of her life, Brazilian singer-singwriter Ana Mazzotti – like her contemporary Rosinha...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: November/2019
Olorum
Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2020
Sacred World of Azerbaijani Mugham
Gochag Askarov, in his mid-30s, is the new icon of mugham, the intense classical music of Azerbaijan. He was the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Anthology 2
How to collect the music of Fela Kuti has long challenged record buyers. His original vinyl albums tended to contain...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
God Speed the Plough
Our views of history are at best partial and often misguided. Historians go to great lengths to put us right....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
Fado Tradicional
Since her 2001 debut Fado emMim, Mariza has taken fado to a new, non-Portuguese audience and expanded its horizons by...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
