Reviews
No Wahala in the Dance!: Adventures in Contemporary Reggae, Dub & Electronics
Independent label No Wahala Sounds emerged five years ago, releasing limited-edition vinyl reissues of little-known African gems. Now the label...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020
Bem-Vinda Amizade
Even those with only a passing interest in Brazilian music will have heard the song ‘Mas Que Nada’ – a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2022
The Longshot
Never has hard graft been so tenderly celebrated as on The Long Shot, the North¬umbrian husband-and-wife duo’s fourth album. Stu...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
Following Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1, which featured three Benin City groups, we are now treated to an album by...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2023
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Core [Coração]
There is such an alluring charm to the words Chico Buarque pens for his own songs that it is almost...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2017
Where We Are
This second album by Bristolian Afrobeat specialists No Go Stop benefits from a powerful production, the 12-piece band tightly arranged...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2022
Salsa Salsa
‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo no Sesc 1998)
Caetano Veloso famously recorded a heartfelt song, ‘Pra Ninguém’, in tribute to his Brazilian music heroes. The song names these...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2023
