Reviews
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Leave to Remain
With members of the group hailing from Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Ghana, Congo, Spain, Argentina, not to mention the UK, it's...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Afro Future Funk
One of the glories of modern world music is the way in which global rhythms have become totally cosmopolitan. To...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Abrazo Abierto
This London-based octet, led by violinist Caroline Pearsall, play for TV shows, dance events and workshops. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the group...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Engurland (City Shanties)
Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Odisea
The third album from the German flamenco guitarist Andreas Arnold sees him returning to the classical and jazz improvisation that...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Call of Bangalore
Before hearing this wonderfully recorded and produced album, I had only encountered the London-based violinist as a versatile performer of...
Reviewed by Rolf Killius in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Largo da Memória
With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2014
Grande Liquidação
The Mr Bongo label deserves some kudos for re-releasing this, the hard-to-find 1968 debut album from everyone's favourite world music...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
