Reviews
Meu Único Medo É Primavera
After a brief opener in which the Paulistano musician intones the album's title four times to the sole accompaniment of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
Tants Caps, Tants Joguets
‘Everybody fancies a nice pork pie,’ claims the chorus of ‘Tiny Kitchen’, sung by a duo of guest vocalists known...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records
Fania Records was started by Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco in 1964 with the idea of getting Latin recordings made by...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
Radio Bagdad
Musical fusions are capricious beasts: there is no foolproof recipe for success, however interesting the idea behind them or talented...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2013
Vignettes
Vignettes is a series of small windows into the life, history and identity of its creator, London-based sitar player and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
The Sounds of Varanasi
The very mention of Varanasi, India's holiest city on the banks of the River Ganges, conjures up the most evocative...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2015
Covers: Traditional Melodies of Dalarna, Sweden
Ian Carr | Ian Carr & The Various Artists
The best whisky I ever tasted was in Sweden, full-throated and peaty with a honeyed thread of sweetness. Listening to...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2022
Go Calypsonian
This selection from the ever ebullient Lord Mouse follows 2010's eponymous debut. The purpose remains unaltered: electric and eclectic calypso...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Now this truly is a musical treasure to stumble upon: back in 1969 the noted producer Joe Boyd had befriended...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2020
