Reviews
The South African Meeting of Viramundo
After standing down as Brazil's minister of culture, the legendary singer Gilberto Gil undertook a southern hemisphere tour to Australia...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamso in issue: Apr/May/2014
On the Spot
The Hot 8 Brass Band have experienced more hard times than most of us can ever imagine: gun-toting gangs and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
Navarasa: Nine Emotions
When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Mazes
On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: April/2020
The Rough Guide to Flamenco
It is a huge challenge to do justice to an entire culture with a single CD. You have to decide...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2013
Diaspora in Buenos Aires
This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2012
Family Atlantica
The complexity, depth and sheer scope of Family Atlantica's debut release means that after a dozen listens you've still only...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013
Final
For decades, this singer-songwriter has ploughed a lonely furrow, working latterly from his home studio in a Havana suburb. His...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2014
