Reviews
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
Marcos Valle JID003
Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
More than half a century after recording the seminal Samba ’68 album for Verve, Marcos Valle’s love affair with black...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2020
Abraçaço
Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
Página Central
Finally given a UK release, this colla¬boration between two past masters dates back to 2007, and pretty much steers clear...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Encantações
Brazilian music has shown for some time a spectacular porousness and a seeming ease in introducing traditional forms to modern...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2017
Beginner’s Guide to Bossa Nova
In a compilation market saturated to cholesterol strength, Nascente are usually a healthy alternative, compiled by people who know their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
Saturnine
Saturnine arrived with a press release announcing that Jackie Oates has launched a range of cosmetics in the Lush stores....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011
Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo no Sesc 1998)
Caetano Veloso famously recorded a heartfelt song, ‘Pra Ninguém’, in tribute to his Brazilian music heroes. The song names these...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2023
Dobrila & Dorian Duo Two
Dobrila Grašeska sings traditional Macedonian songs and Dorian Jovanović provides accompaniments on oud, looping and electronics. It's a pleasant, though...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
