Reviews
Alé: Iberian Chants
Combine jazz, improv, Iberian folk and flamenco and stand back for a restless, roaming set that opens with a Catalan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025
The Maniacs
Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020
The Song of the Banjo
After a six-year hiatus, the banjo-picker, composer, Harvard graduate, former investment banker and record-label founder Alison Brown has released The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
YO
A visual and aural treat from Havana's proudest son, who lays himself bare on YO (that's ‘I’ in Spanish) with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2012
Baguala de la Siesta
Ex-pat Argentinians in Paris are legion and involved in all kinds of musical projects, from Gotan Project’s Eduardo Makaroff to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Kala Kalo
This is ‘shut your eyes and go on a journey’ music. Or possibly ‘dance dreamily around in your living room’...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Beginner’s Guide to Bossa Nova
In a compilation market saturated to cholesterol strength, Nascente are usually a healthy alternative, compiled by people who know their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
Bleu de Lune
This Franco-Algerian bunch of latter-day troubadours was discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Their live shows are renowned and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020
Así de Sampling!
It's almost the stuff of fiction: looking for ways to provide music for ill-equipped house parties, six instrumentalists from Havana's...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2017
