Reviews
Taranta Project
From the suspenseful orchestral arrangement and accordion drone that opens this diverse, deeply engaging album, it's obvious that this Turin-born...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
Sur Mon Dos
Like Manu Chao, Matjé is a musical voyager, who took his artist’s name from the Creole word ‘to write’. The...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Cirque Insomnia
There is plenty about the Bristol-based band Sheelanagig that is rooted in Southern and Eastern European musical traditions. This album...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Pingue-Pongue
Paulo Bellinati & Cristina Azuma
Though little of it reaches our shores, there's a great deal more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and 1970s-style...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Wild and Free
Despite the passing of reggae legend Bob Marley over two decades ago, his family legacy lives on. On top of...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme
Jane Bunnett is the pioneering Canadian saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator whose work with Afro-Cuban jazz remains deft, groundbreaking and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2020
Opa Hey!
On first glance, young producer Kottarashky could be seen as some slow-off-the-mark Johnny-come-lately. The Balkans are, after all, a territory...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2010
Kel Tamasheq
World music’s love affair with Touareg guitars continues with the fourth album from Terakaft, formed as an off-shoot of Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Mexico: Festival of San Miguel Tzinacapan
If you have ever happened to find yourself in a South American village when a fiesta is taking place, you’ll...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2010
