Reviews
Nomade Orquestra
While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2016
Paseo a Dos
There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016
Family, Friends & Heroes
This 14-track extended family reunion kicks off with Frank Solivan and Del McCoury harmonising on a twanged-up version of Roy...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2016
O Fado em Nós
For quite some time, it looked like Pedro Moutinho would never live up to the rather unfair job of stepping...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
The Queen of Turquoise
Born in Aleppo and a graduate of the Damascus Conservatory, saxophonist and composer Rajoub – who now lives in exile...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016
From Mountain to Mountain
The death in 2015 of Kentucky-born Jean Ritchie at the age of 92 saw the passing of a leading American...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2016
Chapters of My Life
This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016
Lunar Love
Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Ema Yazurlo y Quilombo Sonoro
Buenos Aires has long been a special musical melting pot, with the influences of Europe and the US vying with...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
The Voice of the Tantra
When I travelled to Tibet in 2005 to record liturgical music, many monasteries were in ruins after their destruction during...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: July/2016
