Reviews
Pequena Vertigem de Amor
Sessa is a Brazilian musician from São Paulo. His latest album Pequena Vertigem de Amor adds yet another layer to...
Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025
Kiho’alu: Stories in Song, Vol 1
How delightful to have a new album from Dancing Cat Records. Founded by George Winston in the early 80s, this...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2024
Lung Capacity
Bands that play with smiles on their faces and tongues in their cheeks are often mistrusted by the brow-furrowing serious...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011
Le QuecumBar Live in London
Patrick Saussois & Daniel John Martin
LeQuecumBar is the south-west London pub devoted to Gypsy jazz à la Django Reinhardt and his followers. Offering both major...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2010
We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This
If they really are ‘usually a lot better than this’ then it's difficult to imagine what Tim O'Brien and Darrell...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
Neva/Harmony
A decade or so ago a Turkish singer covering songs from the Balkans to Armenia through Greece and Turkey...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
100% Dynamite
Subtitled Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk in Jamaica, this pioneering compilation was a hit when first released almost 20 years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Fanfare Latino Roots
If the French name of this largely Colombian brass banda seems odd, you should know they’re a group of more...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2015
Singing it All Back Home
Naomi Bedford has a distinctive voice, opening up like a tea rose, with its own colour and fragrance. On her...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Diaspora in Buenos Aires
This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2012
