Reviews

The Rough Guide to Acoustic India

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

So a Cantar

Duarte

Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Lua Cheia

Let Drum Beat

Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...

Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: June/2020

End of the World Remixes

Elza Soares

Remix albums are notoriously a mixed bag and this one's no different, with a handful of Portuguese and Brazilian remixers,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2017

Gecekondu

Baba Zula

There is something regal in the music of Baba Zula – the elegant, yearning vocals of Elena Hristova, the stately...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011

Sara Correia

Sara Correia

Occasionally, a new voice reminds us that traditional fado is still very much alive and proves that the pop or...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019

Anchoress

Anna Tam

Where the world of early music meets traditional folk is where you'll find the likes of Wilde Roses and Mediaeval...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021

Exile Vibration

Kyab Yul-Sa

Kyab Yul-Sa is a collaboration between Lobsang Chonzor and French musicians Margaux Liénard (fiddle, bouzouki) and Julien Lahaye (percussion). The...

Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: November/2018

Ora Doci Ora Margos

Elida Almeida

Who is Elida Almeida? Across 2015, many other music lovers will ask the same question. That is because this, the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2015

Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Graveola

With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013