Reviews
New Music for the 6 String Guitar
Rhayader guitarist Toby Hay's latest work sees his newly commissioned Fylde Ariel acoustic take centre stage on a solo album...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: September/2025
Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man
JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain
With Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man Alabama-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist and occasional banjo luthier Joshua Press (JP) Harris celebrates a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021
Saudade, Colour of Love
Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023
Jorge: The Definitive Collection
No Brazilian singer has chronicled the unpretentious, good life of simple, working-class Rio more faithfully than Jorge Ben. For almost...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
No Reino dos Afetos 2
For his second outing Berle, now relocated to São Paulo from his home state of Alagoas, has once more co-produced...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
Maestros del Joropo Oriental: ¡Y Que Viva Venezuela!
Venezuela is more than Hugo Chavez, the Bolivarian revolution, Gustavo Dudamel and the Orchestra Simon Bolivar. Yet all have contributed...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Memories of Magic – Mahō no Kioku
The first few tracks on this album are a red herring. The soft, cinematic tinkling of ‘Alchemy’ and the somewhat...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: January/2026
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
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics
The Congotronics remix album was inevitable, of course. The primitively electrified ambience of Konono No 1 and the Kasai Allstars...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
El Amor No es Para Débiles
Peru’s Bareto have responded to the departure of their lead singer Mauricio Mesones by recruiting a number of guest vocalists...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2022
