Reviews
Jambú: E Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia
These are the songs that seduced Dona Onete – the 80-year-old siren of the Amazon – when she was young...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
All In One
Bebel Gilberto clearly craves crossover success. She's made a decent fist of achieving it too, with 2000's electronica–enhanced Tanto Tempo...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Apr/May/2010
One With the Wind
Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil
A couple of years ago, Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil happened to be in the same Parisian bar with live...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2019
Edge of Blue
Released in 2000, producer Chris Franck and jazz-dance and soul DJ Patrick Forge’s debut album as Da Lata, Songs from...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2025
Kinshasa One Two
Damon Albarn is famous for breaking down musical barriers and exploring new ways in which music¬ians can work together –...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
One and All
Forget the lockdown postman and shanty TikTok craze, haul away and pass round the grog, open your gullet and get...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Free Music (Part One)
Free Music (Part One) compiles the third and fourth albums (the only ones released on vinyl) of the Libyan, mid-70s,...
Reviewed by Nick Hobbs in issue: June/2023
Many Languages: One Soul
Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015
Open Guitar (Volume One)
The concept behind Australian guitarist D.C Cross’s latest album is intended as an antidote to the frenetic nature of modern...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2026
Two Beats One Soul
Of all the recent Cuban mash-ups, this fusion of Cuban and North American music comes with the most inflated publicity....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2018
