Reviews
Café Musique
A kind of one-man Cape Verdean chamber group, Rufino Almeida (also known as Bau), has plucked a steady course through...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Secretly Famous
This is a Western¬er’s image of Cairo and its mythical fleshpots: snake-charmer music for young Euro-clubbers en route to the...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2010
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Biyo (Water is Love)
Pop-culture history is littered with actors chancing their arm at cutting records, from Robert Mitchum’s dalliances with calypso through to...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2010
Nesta
This is an album with some great intros. Rather like the slow, inquisitive alaaps that introduce a raga in Indian...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2010
Ar De Nha Terra
A veteran singer-songwriter old enough to remember independence from Portugal, Paris-based Cape Verdean Jorge Humberto has a reputation as a...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One
‘Pangkur’ is the keystone of the repertoire of central Javanese gamelan, a tune that anyone acquainted with the music is...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010
Trust the Sea to Guide Me
A well-crafted third solo recording from Lewis-born singer and multi – instrumentalist Iain Morrison, this album demonstrates his gift for...
Reviewed by Debbie Koritsas in issue: July/2010
Utopia
This is the Russian band Markscheider Kunst’s fifth album and for my money their least satisfying. Which is ironic considering...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2010
