Reviews
Calypso Rose Forever
The return to the spotlight in 2016 of the veteran Calypso Rose, half-a-century after she was first crowned Trinidad’s carnival...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
Antique Beats
This is a deft mash-up of musical styles shot with energy; the band's multifarious influences show in their fresh use...
Reviewed by Wendy Rosie Scott in issue: November/2018
Topspin
Cardboard Fox's music is striking for its lightness – a lightness of touch, that is, not of content. In this...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2018
Mañana
It's probably fair to say there aren’t that many famous Mexican-Canadian singer-songwriters out there and certainly none of the stature...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe
Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014
Que Bom
Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Tudo o Que Move
Antera and Filipe Mattos first met in Berlin and were drawn to each other by their common language: Portuguese. She...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023
Azerbaijani Gitara
As well as a hot contender for this year’s Most Charmingly Naff Cover Photo award, the inside of this album...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021
