Reviews
Carminho Canta Tom Jobim
When standing in front of a giant, expect to remain caught under his shadow – for better or for worse....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017
Mercato
It only took one minute for the Imperial Tiger Orchestra's debut album to prove its worth to this critic. It...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Freedom Highway
The ‘freedom highway’ holds an iconic place in African-American folklore. It described the escape route for 19th-century slaves out of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Sleight of Elbow
Like Bellowhead, to whom they’re sometimes compared, Feast of Fiddles are a fearless big band, featuring a line-up of six...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/2017
Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Ya Balad
Bachar Mar-Khalifé comes from one of Lebanon's most eminent musical families: his father is the internationally renowned singer Marcel Khalifé;...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: December/2015
Do Coração
Last year, we praised Sara Correia’s first adult album (she had released a previous one in her adolescence) as a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020
Bibirosi
William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group
Bougainville is an autonomous island region of eastern Papua New Guinea, but geographically, historically and culturally, it’s closely connected to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
World of Pixinguinha
Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015
