Reviews
Viva Africando
I don’t know if anybody makes serious money out of the Africando operation, but apart from its musical excellence, the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Music in the City
Here’s an urban night owl. Hailing from Montreal, global beats DJ Rise Ashen has made a nocturnal soundtrack that seamlessly...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Rakshasa
Guitarist Simon Thacker has assembled a team of first-rate musicians including the brilliant classical violinist Jacqueline Shave from the Britten...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Songs(2004-2012)
File Rodrigo Leão under ‘other’ – along with Brian Eno,Jason Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra and David Sylvian. Like them he defies...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
3 Almonds and a Walnut
The second album from the partnership of Welsh-Iranian singer-songwriter Roshi Nasehi and electronic musician Graham Dowdall picks up where debut...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Get Happy
Rufus Wainwright’s glamorous swagger makes for a natural fit with Pink Martini’s global cocktail lounge sophistication. He’s the pick of...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Nothing Can Stop Us
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers
Cornell Campbell has had a long and illustrious career that includes stints as a studio vocalist for such legendary producers...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
You Me Bullets Love
Take a bunch of session players, add two Indian Australian singers, then order several helpings of theatrical, high-energy Bollywood pastiche:...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Black Birds are Dancing Over Me
Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective
For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
