Reviews
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Gonçaio Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Strange People
The third release from Portuguese klezmer quintet Melech Mechaya achieves what all klezmer bands set out to do – to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Carpe Afternoon
Loco Ironico are vocalist Joe Cang and pianist Matteo Saggese. I know nothing about these men although photos on the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Tempo Dos Mestres
Brazilian classical guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento released his superb debut album Dança do Tempos (Dance of Time) in 2015. On...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017
Macadam
The Belgian trio schroothoop make their own instruments, recycled from plastic, metal and wood. Their obsession is to construct shadow...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2023
100% Sahara Guitar
Etran de l’Aïr’s job is to make people move, playing at the weddings of the working-class Touareg of Agadez, Niger....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2024
Forduló
Nana Vortex are a young Hungarian band playing original songs, but with strong folk influences. The seven-piece line-up includes two...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
Doomsday Survival Kit
Don't be fooled by the short tracklisting on Lebanese duo Praed's fourth album. The four tracks near an hour of...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: December/2019
Vertigo
Jaune Toujours are a brass-heavy Belgian big band who’ve been active for over 25 years. This is their ninth album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
