Reviews
monmon
Ever since 1994, when he burst onto the world music scene with one of his landmark songs ‘Adékalom’, Danyèl Waro...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: August/2017
EntreMundos
To the cornucopia of great music deriving from today's São Paulo, this ten-piece band now add their fine second album....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2017
Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals
Yiorgos Floudas & Vassilis Triantis
The Greek music of Epirus has long been identified with the Ioánnina district, ignoring the traditional styles of the Árta/Préveza...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: August/2017
We Used to be Africans
The opening track on this album by Cacique ’97, ‘Mahala’, simmers for half a minute before a barrage of horns...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2017
Calle Gitana
Lucas Romero is a member of Gitano Family, a Spanish band based in Arles, Provence, whose 2005 Spring Hill release...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017
Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer
For the past few years Andrea Pancur has been fusing her expertise in klezmer with her Bavarian roots and in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017
Traces of Âşık
Ulaş Özdemir is a Turkish singer and saz (lute) player, who has appeared on several discs in Songlines over the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2017
From Van to Yerevan
This album is the result of the meeting of two female exponents of a tradition known as the aşık (in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: August/2017
Clareia
When Bebel Gilberto released Tanto Tempo in 2000, she almost single-handedly invented electronic bossa nova. Being the daughter of bossa's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/2017
