Reviews
Salto Mortal
The vocal half of the singer-songwriting duo that fronts enduring Argentinian band La Chicana, Dolores Solá steps away here from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2011
Warian Echoe
With quality local recordings still a novelty in Papua New Guinea, producer Raymond Chin is attempting to change that with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Canta, Violino!
The violin most associated with Brazilian music is probably the rabeca, an instrument commonly played in the folky forró music...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2018
Classics of My Soul
Like his compatriot Bonga, Waldemar Bastos is an Angolan in exile – living in Portugal after fleeing his homeland when...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Without Words
A genial expert, Doug Cox wears his considerable fingerpicking and slide-guitar talents lightly. His lifelong love of the blues is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2010
Nubes de Papel
Nubes de Papel (Clouds of Paper) is the second disc from Spanish singer and guitarist DePedro, also known as Jairo...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2011
South Africa’s Skylark
Of the many Makeba compilations on the market, this 45-track set may just be the most comprehensive of them all....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2010
Who Say I Tire
As a Nigerian musician, composer and bandleader who reached his peak in the early 70s, Segun Bucknor has inevitably been...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2010
Help My Brother
For a couple of gifted instrumentalists, Eric (banjo) and Leigh Gibson (guitar) have honed their naturally nasal vocal registers into...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Nosotras Somos
In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...
Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
