Reviews
Oásis de Bethânia
Like her brother, Caetano Veloso, Bethânia was a key player in the musical revolution which swept through late 60s and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Guantanamera: The Essential Album
‘Ten years without Compay Segundo,’ says the sticker on the album cover, which is a slightly odd marketing slogan for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 4
With his consistently excellent Viagem series, Italian jazz don Nicola Conte has compiled some of the richest, strangest and most...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
London to Addis
This is a simple idea with a great pay-off: record traditional Ethiopian krar (five-stringed lyre), washint (wooden flute), masenqo (single-stringed...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2019
Casita de Campo
Jose Manuel Cobles, aka Puerto Plata, is an 83–year–old legend from the Dominican Republic who draws on song styles from...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Afrodiaspora
Susana Baca's new disc has been well worth the wait. It's infused with the natural grace that has always made...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2011
International Soundclash
The music collective Sofrito have once again teamed up with Strut following the success of their 2011 release Sofrito: Tropical...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
Els Ignorants
Three of the five musicians in the Barcelona-based Rumba Vella are part of Rumbamazigha (reviewed in #77), a project that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Bituca – The Definitive Collection
Definitive collections inevitably upset someone, and any attempt to sum up Milton Nascimento’s 45-year career in two CDs will be...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012
Cartografado
It is telling that the very first seconds in Cartografado are evocative not of fado, but of samba and choro....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2021
