Reviews
Café Musique
A kind of one-man Cape Verdean chamber group, Rufino Almeida (also known as Bau), has plucked a steady course through...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Psychedelic Pernambuco
Like a balding prog-rock lover at a record fair, European labels and DJs continue to trawl Brazil's 1970s back catalogue...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
Suitcase Blues
Less is more when it comes to the Harris Brothers. For the better part of two decades, the sibling duo...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
A Tribute to the King of Zydeco
This autumn, Smithsonian Folkways will release a 4-CD box set, Clifton Chenier: King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco. Comprising 67...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: September/2025
Escape Plan
Since first hearing Thornato’s edits of dancehall and Afro-Colombian folk music in the early 2010s, it’s remarkable how his MO...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2020
Matter of Time
Edinburgh-based Dallahan follow their promising debut, When the Day is on the Turn, with the no less energetic and enjoyable...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2016
Almas Conectadas
This is Quantic's second full-length release with Colombian singer Nidia Góngora (although they have been working together for over ten...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2021
The Burial of Kojo
Blitz the Ambassador is a Ghanaian American visual artist, MC and bandleader with a clutch of interesting, forward-looking albums under...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2019
Neptune
2008's Dreams of Breathing Under– water, an album of original tunes, was a long time coming, and it felt as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
Jara en el Camino
Catalonia's relationship with the rest of Spain is complicated, to say the least. There are many Catalonians who view themselves...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
