Reviews
Noites Brasileiras
These are admittedly troubling times for Brazil. Having elected a president known for his polemic and hostile quotes on minorities...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019
Remembering
Remembering is a curious mix. Mostly made up of self-penned songs, the album marks a new direction for Ross Ainslie...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2015
Mediterraneo Ostinato
Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona are back with their mixture of ancient and contemporary, loads of modal themes, rhythms and...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022
The Traveller
Since 2001's acoustic set Missing You (Mi Yeewnii), Baaba's only new studio album in 15 years has been 2009's Television,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Romance(s)
After releasing Contos de Fados (a wordplay on ‘fairy tales’, replacing fairies with fados), Aldina Duarte decided to take time...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2016
Parfum de Jasmin
There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012
Suba
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's debut album as a duo, Transparent Water, came out in 2017 and was a transporting...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Ashofak Baden
Singer Nadin Al Khalidi saw a selfie of a Yazidi couple in northern Iraq that they had posted on social...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2016
Leeroy Presents: Fela is the Future
A French hip-hop and beatboxing hero from the early 2000s, Leeroy is at the controls here as curator and producer...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: April/2018
