Reviews
Sing For Me
From Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, the musical heartland of the country, Cherif Mbaw’s second international release brings little of his musical...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
Flaco JimÉnez/Buena Suerte, Señorita
Flaco JimÉnez is, at least in Texas, accordion royalty; his late father and brother are also acknowledged masters of the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
How to Tune a Fish
Just four years since the Irish band's debut A Lovely Madness comes Beoga's fourth album How to Tune a Fish...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Finish the Sun
Shane Cooper & MABUTA are often referred to as part of a new wave of South African jazz artists. But...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2022
Highlander's Farewell
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
A member of the Celtic supergroup Skyedance, and widely regarded as a Scots fiddle legend, Alasdair Fraser's recent work has...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
Live At The Quecumbar
Benoit Viellefon is a 30-something French guitarist and singer who resides in the UK. Viellefon is a dapper dresser –...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Discover Music From Brazil
There's plenty of music on this 18-track compilation, but surely only the entirely uninitiated could regard much of it as...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2016
Sociedade Recreativa
There's something about the off-kilter charm of the music of north-east Brazil that can sometimes be more appealing than the...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2016
Madjafalao
Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
One of the great West African big bands of the 1970s, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo were Benin’s answer to Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
