Reviews
Olorum
Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2020
Nesta
This is an album with some great intros. Rather like the slow, inquisitive alaaps that introduce a raga in Indian...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2010
Flying Circus
Sharon Shannon and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
This week’s new word is ‘classional’, an apt term for the hybrid offspring of traditional and classical music, a mongrel...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Sufi Brotherhood Chant
In Senegal one immediately feels the strong presence of the mystic brotherhoods of Sufism. The taxi that takes you from...
Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: October/2012
King of Highlife Anthology
This is the largest compilation of recordings by ET Mensah that anyone has ever seen. It means that, perhaps for...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Apr/May/2015
Tu Comu Stai?
These two albums feature different perspectives on Sicilian musical traditions. Trinacria, taking its name from the old Greek name of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Round Top Wagon
Thomas McCarthy was brought up on the Travellers’ site in Ladbroke Grove, although he spent a lot of time in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Peripheral Visions
Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Grant Gordy's first album in more than a decade, Peripheral Visions, is an impressive addition to the chamber...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
