Reviews
Cha Cha Cha
Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensación
Before achieving its great success with releasing new artists and albums, the World Circuit label excelled at licensing and re-releasing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Road is Long: Live at Savoy Theatre
When you have made four attempts at recording a live album in Cotonou, Benin, and each of them fail, what...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2017
Professeur
Meiway is an established superstar of the Ivory Coast, with over 20 years recording experience. He is credited with creating...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
No Me Rompas Las Bolas
The idiomatic expression Juan Carlos Cáceres uses for the title of this album – his third with percussionist Marcelo Russillo...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2011
Roamin’
Danny Keane has spent the last decade abseiling across the face of world music, working with Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Chintamani: Precious Jewel
Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
As implied by its title, a hybrid mysticism underpins the music of this CD. Chintamani is a Buddhist-Hindu mystical jewel...
Reviewed by Carole Pegg in issue: March/2011
Alter Ethno
Bulgarian fusion band Oratnitza are of a generation that grew up not only familiar with local folk music, but who...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Diversions Volume 2
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Having fairly recently moved to West Yorkshire, I have to agree with Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally that brass...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Ahol az Ökör is Bort Iszik!
Magos are a fine Hungarian folk band playing authentic village music, mostly from Romanian Transylvania. They and their violinist Csaba...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Fumaça Preta
Lots of fantastic experimental music has come out of Brazil recently but arguably none of it quite matches the analogue...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
