Reviews
Liga Latina
Liga Latina have been described as ‘a European supergroup.’ Well, they're a quintet of Scandinavian musicians steeped in Latin and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Dounia Tabolo
Now in his mid-70s, Traoré was allegedly playing African blues guitar even before the late, great Ali Farka Touré. His...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Nomade Orquestra
While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2016
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
Siya
Hami Hamoo (‘more or less’ in Farsi) brings together French saxophonist Michaël Havard (of Ethio-jazz group Arat Kilo), Burkinabe singer-guitarist...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2026
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
Por Meu Cante
Por Meu Cante was originally released in 2004 and it’s the second of Antonio Zambujo’s albums. Although his singing only...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Tiempos Buenos
Grupo Rebolú are the best AfroColombian ensemble working out of New York City, and arguably the best of their kind...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020
Last Night a Woman Saved My Life
Last Night a Woman Saved My Life is a mesmerising journey into the space between Western minimalism and Middle Eastern...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: December/2023
