Reviews
Adana
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
Duduk player Vardan Hovanissian is clearly a master of the instrument and the soft plangent tones of the Armenian oboe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
Banjophony
The poor old banjo has long been the butt of jokes – even banjo maestro Ron Block himself has been...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2018
Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar
Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Marcos Valle JID003
Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
More than half a century after recording the seminal Samba ’68 album for Verve, Marcos Valle’s love affair with black...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2020
Abraçaço
Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
Beginner’s Guide to Bossa Nova
In a compilation market saturated to cholesterol strength, Nascente are usually a healthy alternative, compiled by people who know their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
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
