Reviews
Gala de la Chanson Francarabe
This wonderfully savoury compilation comes from a field still relatively little known in world music circles, in spite of the...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!
There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020
Balkantron
Many casual listeners today tend to think any music from Eastern Europe is Balkan – which sees even Gogol Bordello...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Dance Moderno
In the early 1960s, before swingers everywhere were listening to the version of ‘The Look of Love’ by Brasil ‘66...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017
The Road to Jajouka
The artist and writer Brion Gysin took Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones to see the Jajouka Musicians shortly before...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Bulimundo/Djam Brancu Dja
Most readers will associate Cape Verde with the languid, melancholic mornas made famous by the great singer Cesaria Evora, or...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Black Orchid String Band
The tragedy of West Papua and its peoples’ hopes for eventual independence is an ongoing daily struggle for the native...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
Passages and Partings
For their first offering as a married duo, Verch & Walters have assembled a garland of gorgeous tunes which showcase...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023
À Moi la Liberté – Early Electronic Raï – 1983-90
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Long summer nights on the coastal strip; hotshots revving their engines; girls checking their makeup in rearview mirrors; the throb...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: August/September/2023
Ramuntcho Matta
My, what a curious album this is. If you struggle to determine an overriding aesthetic, that's maybe half the point....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
