Reviews
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
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
Delhi to Damascus
This album is predicated on the idea that by changing just a few elements of a musical style or tradition...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2020
Que Beleza
Another summer, another Ipanemas album, and if the British weather stays anything like as sweet as Que Beleza sounds, a...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
River of Happy Souls
Bapi Das Baul is son of Purna Das Baul and grandson of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who became friendly with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
Chinook Waltz
When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970
The latest compilation from Seattle-based Sublime Frequencies is a dizzying double whammy of obscurities and information. Documenting the 60s rock...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013
Garrincha – Estrela Solitária OST
Brazilians have an expansive metaphor for their football team’s enduring 50s icon. Wing legend Manuel Francisco dos Santos, aka Garrincha,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba
Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
