Reviews
Estática
The original bossa nova playboy is back and firing on all cylinders for his fourth and probably best album to...
Reviewed by Russ Jones in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Tudo
The artist formerly known as Joyce has been recording for over 40 years. Antonio Carlos Jobim has called her ‘one...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013
This is How We Fly
The eponymously titled debut from Dublin-based four-piece is a singular, stylish and somewhat startling proposition. Originally brought together for the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Church of Kidane Mehret
In the years since the death of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru in 2023, we have been lucky to hear archival...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2025
Caprichos
The Brazilian virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda has shown over numerous albums his mastery of the ten-string mandolin. Brought up on...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2015
Dreamless Days
The Meadows are a family band of four siblings: sisters Melody, Fantasia and Titania Meadows, and their brother, Harvey. Harvey...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2021
New Orleans Blues, Soul & Jazz Gumbo
Inspired by the success of the HBO TV series Treme, a drama serial set in New Orleans and brimming with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
Jolof
An album of complexity, sensitivity and smarts, Jolof takes its name from the kingdom that spanned West Africa – the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2023
