Reviews
Year of the Funky
The talented young guzheng player Bei Bei has teamed up, for her sophomore effort, with a very experienced producer and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: August/2017
Don’t Keep Silent
The title of this New Zealand funk/fusion outfit’s second album couldn’t be more appropriate. Across the album’s 11 tracks Batucada...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano
Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso
Whilst most lovers of Brazilian music will be familiar with tropicalia founders Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, fewer will know...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2012
Portas
A four-time Latin Grammy winner, Brazilian Marisa Monte returns with her first solo studio album in over ten years. Portas...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2021
Roudennoù / Traces
Renowned as one of the most charismatic traditional singers of Brittany, the late Yann-Fañch Kemener released a double album embracing...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: June/2019
In Between Thoughts… A New World
The follow-up to the Mexican duo's Grammy-winning Mettavolution follows a similarly spiritual motivation – whereas that record was shaped by...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Tili Saba
This is an excellent example of a contemporary interpretation of the kora. Susso was born into a griot family in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2021
Live in Amsterdam
What’s outstanding about this re-released first recording of Cristina Branco, from 1997, is not only that we get to hear...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012
Chłopi: Wesele Boryny
This is an extraordinary album recreating the sound of a wedding in central Poland in the late 19th century. The...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
Releasing the Leaves
Enthusiasts of English folk music will perhaps already be familiar with Dorset-based duo Ninebarrow. Their 2014 debut, While the Blackthorn...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: April/2016
