Reviews
Europeana
Jaune Toujours are the rambunctious and eclectic Belgian sextet led by singer and accordionist Piet Maris. This is their first...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Savor Flamenco
In the late 80s, the Gipsy Kings brought pop-flamenco to the world, becoming a household name and world music’s biggest...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Batuque and Finaçon
This collection showcases two of Cape Verde's most traditional and resolutely African musical styles – batuque and finaçon – which...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2011
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Que Bom
Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Le Monde Moderne
Welcome to volume two of a mesmeric voyage into the very bowels of the capital of Niger, Niamey, and beyond....
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2023
Personae
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
There is perhaps a word missing – ‘dramatis’ – from the title of the Dartmoor-based duo's fifth album, for they...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2018
Slack Key Heaven
For fans of Hawaiian ki ho’alu or slack key guitar music, what wonderful news it is that the venerable label...
Reviewed by Devon Leger in issue: February/March/2026
Céu e Mar
Leila Pinheiro has an amazing CV; over 30 years she has recorded 16 albums; she has collaborated with the likes...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
Mosawi Swiri
The youngest son of the late Mahmoud Gania, a Gnawa maalem (master) of singing and gimbri, the 23-year-old Houssam is...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
