Reviews
Pa Mi Tres
Yarima Blanco won the De la Tradición Sonera y Campesina (From the Son and Country Tradition) award at last year's...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2023
Turning Point
For quite some time now, Celso Fonseca has led a solid career as an MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) singer-songwriter. His...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019
Pase Lo Que Pase
Colombian musician Paulo Olarte, based in Geneva, is the leader of several groups. All of them take as their starting...
Reviewed by Jaime Andrés Monsalve in issue: April/2022
The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers
For this release, four musicians from Maastricht, the Netherlands get together and jam, playing disco, funk and rock filtered through...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020
Pata Pata
Since her death in 2008, we have been inundated with compilations drawn from Makeba's 50-year career. All of them have...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Nine Waves
For their second album on the excellent River Lea label, Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn, aka Ye Vagabonds, are joined...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Diversions Volume 2
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Having fairly recently moved to West Yorkshire, I have to agree with Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally that brass...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Music for the Mother
The Sierra Nevada is a special mountain range. On the Caribbean coast, it’s the highest peak on any ocean and,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Tewesta: Remembrance
On the surface there’s not a great deal to dislike about Tewesta (Remembrance), a new recording fronted by guitarist Girum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
