Reviews
Aguidavi do Jêje
Slaves from present-day Nigeria, Benin and Togo brought Candomblé to Bahia (Brazil) where it thrived, developing into Afro-Brazilian ceremonies performed...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024
Süeda Sings Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu: an unconventional contemporary female public figure in Turkey, for half a century she commented with her songs on...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2024
Extinct But Still Alive
This is Finnish music collective Mama Longhorn’s fourth album in a 13-year career which has seen them acclaimed as among...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2024
Mundo Solo
I have been an admirer of the prolific Brazilian guitarist and composer Fabiano Do Nascimento for several years. Based in...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2024
Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not
This is the seventh instalment in the 1000HZ series which spotlights local producers –predominantly from Malawi – working with rudimentary...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: September/2024
Dotze Temps
Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024
Quintela
Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024
Cañonazo
Pacheco was a co-founder of the legendary Fania Records, and this was the label's first release, as rather than work...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
A Terrible Beauty
More than half a century after his debut LP, Christy Moore’s first outing on Claddagh Records shows there’s still mileage...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/2025
