Reviews

Almah

Avishai Cohen

Bassist Avishai Cohen is one of those rare jazz musicians who is comfortable playing across multiple genres, and he has...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Y Bardd Anfarwol

The Gentle Good

In October 2011, Welsh musician Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, journeyed to the Chinese city of Chengdu, spending six...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

The South African Meeting of Viramundo

Gilberto Gil & Vusi Mahlasela

After standing down as Brazil's minister of culture, the legendary singer Gilberto Gil undertook a southern hemisphere tour to Australia...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Saulem Ai

Violons Barbares

A galloping, multicoloured horse brightens the cover of Saulem Ai (My Beloved), an appropriate emblem for the music of this...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Proa

Tremor

For anyone who thinks Argentina is only about tango, then think again. Over the last decade, a new mashed-up sound...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

The Tall Islands

Salsa Celtica

As a firm fan of both Celtic and Latin music, I initially dismissed the idea of a band fusing the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Salam

Al Andaluz Project

Like Al Andaluz Project's first collection of Sephardic songs, this album is dogged and literal, breathing the air of the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo

Kyriakos Kalaitzidis

This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Senegalesa

Faba Loba

Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic

Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky

Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014