Reviews
Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!
There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020
Making Moves
Although it’s only five years after their debut album, this slow coach follow-up still makes the Santrofi eight-piece sound like...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2025
Soon In Your Village
The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra has unleashed this year’s primary global fusion spinner, with all disparate elements intact, shaven down to...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Vitamina Y
Described by Chucho Valdés no less as “a virtuoso”, the Switzerland-based, Cuban-born singer and violinist’s album, Erzulie, received five stars...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2026
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988
Fans of Cape Verdean music will be familiar with its typical lack of drums and use of gently strummed cavaquinho,...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2017
Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana
Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba have been ambassadors for Bamana jeli (griot) ngoni music since their debut in 2007....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024
Lifa Iotungard (Live)
For German Kai Uwe Faust, Dane Christopher Juul and Norwegian Maria Franz, who record together as Heilung, a live album...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
Their First Album
The first four albums by the Incredible String Band summon up the spirit of the far side of the 60s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010
