Reviews
Músicas Para Churrasco Vol 1
Seu Jorge's latest finds the Brazilian singer back doing what he does best. His previous record, a selection of rock-leaning...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
Music of the Honey Gatherers
Paban Das Baul is the foremost ambassador of Baul, the roots music from Indian Bengal and Bangladesh. Baul musicians sing...
Reviewed by Ananya Jahanara Kabir in issue: June/2010
Hidden Seam
Wild and Undaunted was a striking debut, followed six years later by 2012’s Hunt the Hare EP. Now, at last,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Sailing Back to You
Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan & Colm Ó Caoimh
What does one make of an album by three traditional musicians of the Irish genre that features a retro French...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: March/2013
Paseo a Dos
There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016
Politiki
As a guitarist and singer-songwriter who worked alongside the great Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum, Mamadou Kelly is practically...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
Sachal Jazz
This CD has been featured all over the place – CNN, the BBC and Al-Jazeera – and has already been...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Health is Wealth
Macka B loves fruit and veg. So much so that the British-born dancehall veteran has released an album in dedication...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
Yatra: Nomadic Souls
I’d better come clean straightaway and say that I had trouble with this disc. Kailash Kher is a big star...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2010
Le Chant des Rameurs
Gabriel Saglio & Les Vieilles Pies
In the course of a variegated career, Gabriel Saglio has forged a solid reputation as a lyricist with a keen...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
