Reviews
Kôrôlén
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra
Anyone who saw one of the symphonic concerts Toumani Diabate gave with three different orchestras in 2008 will have been...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
Richard Galliano Au Brésil
Forró is Brazil's wildest, wackiest and most wonderful rhythm. The musicologists trace its form to the Portuguese court and its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Lero-Lero
São Paulo seems to be producing dozens of smoky, smoochy women singers at the moment. Only Céu and Mariana Aydar...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Turning Point
For quite some time now, Celso Fonseca has led a solid career as an MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) singer-songwriter. His...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019
Tricota
Electronic tango is in a decadent but decisive phase. As the fad falls away, a few bands have managed to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Canciones de Isaac
Breezes, birdsong, crickets, leaf-litter, the hum of Caracas by night, and the more serene sounds of daytime walks through Pyrenean...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Putan de Cançon
The latest album by the neo-troubadours of Marseille, or to be more precise, the adjacent port of La Ciotat, opens...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Incoming!
Riot Jazz Brass Band are one of the UK's foremost new brass bands. Taking the template of the pit bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
