Reviews
Escapology
As a bansuri (flute) rises from a bed of flamenco guitar on album opener ‘Escapology’, any listeners who last heard...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Mud Doll
Single-handedly produced, recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by British talent Niraj Chag, this is ambitiously lofty (if occasionally bombastic) cinematic...
Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: November/2015
Saudade, Colour of Love
Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023
Classic African American Songsters
Ry Cooder once cuttingly said that blues music has been reduced to a soundtrack for selling jeans in TV ads....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Ear to the Eye
Following on from last year’s compact, 22-minute Wild Wet World with its aquatic orchestra of sounds, comes a gargantuan 22-song...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024
Wagadu Grooves Vol 2: the Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1991-2014
Gaye Mody Camara has had a remarkable career. A young Malian who moved to France in 1977, he started out...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
Sons da Terra Vol 1
This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
Nueva Era
In Cuba it's all about a nueva era right now. With Fidel Castro convalescing, his younger brother Raúl rubbing shoulders...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
