Reviews
The Best of Sergio Mendes
If you’ve only ever heard two Brazilian songs, they are likely to be the Getz and Gilberto version of‘The Girl...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2010
Trova
Marta Topferova is an exciting example of a new generation of musician-composers as adept in Caribbean and South American music...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2010
Eli Winter
Known as an extraordinarily adept self-taught guitarist with a distinctive style bearing the imprint of contemporary American flatpickers, particularly his...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
The Otium Mixtape
David Kiledjian is a producer/musician based in Lyon. This debut solo album puts us in touch with Lyon’s futurist electronic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2024
Front Line: Sounds of Reality
Despite lasting less than two years, Virgin Records’ Front Line label produced some of the finest roots reggae of the...
Reviewed by Clyde Mcfarlane in issue: October/2014
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Mien (Yao): Canon Singing in China, Vietnam, Laos
This album features four intricate samples of canon singing from Mien (Yao) hill tribes living in China, Vietnam and Laos....
Reviewed by Frank Kouwenhoven in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Yidishe Lider
Yidishe Lider is the fruit of an extraordinary project to honour the life and work of Arkady Gendler, who was...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: June/2013
Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
One of the oddities of Brazilian music is the lack of strong, assertive male vocals: the kind of voices that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Scatter the Light
Scatter the Light, the latest album by Grammy-winning violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers, is jam-packed with tracks showcasing the Irish-American's nonpareil...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020
Radio Highlife
Radio Highlife is the fruit of many years' worth of Auntie Flo touring around the world, tuning in to local...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: March/2019
