Reviews
Mim Ê Bô
It has been a long wait for Tito Paris to end his self-imposed recording silence of 15 years. A key...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2018
Midnight Alvorada
Swedish label ajabu! must have a good network of scouts. Pedro Rosa is their latest Brazilian discovery, following the likes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Playscapes
There is so much to love about Playscapes. Bartosik has always had a capacity to surprise and delight through exploring...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2023
Carry Them With Us
Chaimbeul's richly experimental new album sits perfectly in Glitterbeat's almost always excellent catalogue of outlier artists from world music traditions;...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
Home
Singer-songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson may not be a household name but she has pedigree. In a five-decade career her...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2023
Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot + Ra)
One of the most enigmatic figures in jazz, whose musical legacy and Afrofuturistic mythology stretched way beyond genre limits, this...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2024
Light Years
There came a time when certain carols were no longer welcome in church. So people went to the pub and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2024
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a concept album that hits like a comic book punch. The psychedelic hard-rock of French group PoiL proves...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2024
Diamond Days
Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
Dawgnilo!
Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024
