Reviews
Farima
Anyone seeking pure guitar energy and signs of a healthy musical revival in Bamako need look no further. Led by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
Estrela Acesa
Estrela Acesa (Burning Star), is Sessa’s second full-length project and the first album out on Mexican Summer. The São Paulo-born...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/September/2022
Fazer e Cantar
Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022
Camino de Fuego
Antonio Moreno and his band have been working under the radar in the Spanish underground for almost two decades since...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
Visión del Ayahuasca
The international hype around Peruvian cumbia over the past ten years has resulted in many reissues and chicha bands cropping...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019
Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music
Topic's double album is a broad introduction to the label's catalogue, and it draws its nets fairly wide. Some selections...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
Brasses for the Masses
The future of Balkan brass seems secure in the fast fingers of Macedonian trumpeter Džambo Aguševi and his orchestra who...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: May/2020
In Flanders Fields
From the long-established English vocal harmony trio comes an homage to the music and song of World War I, one...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Banda Sonora: Música para Filmes
Apart from big hitters like Antonio Pinto, it's relatively rare to see music written for Brazilian cinema enjoying any kind...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
Mingled Years
When Timo Alakotila says that this is one of the most exciting projects he's ever been involved with, you just...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2019
