Reviews
The Fox
Best known as the guitarist and fiddler from Balkan mayhem merchants Sheelanagig, this intimate acoustic duo setting allows Kit Hawes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
El Viaje
What a lovely album this is: a work of fluid yet inventive piano compositions rooted in classical, nodding to jazz...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016
Leva-me aos Fados
Even if you missed Ana Moura's first three albums, this disc is an excellent introduction to her art and her...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2010
Galanìas
Twelve years since Canti Delle Donne Sarde, the stunning debut from the female quintet who briskly defied the island's traditionally...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2017
The God Who Devastates Also Cures
On each of Lucas Santtana's previous five albums there was a concept that the Brazilian singer-songwriter set himself, a way...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
Parfum de Jasmin
There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012
Suba
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's debut album as a duo, Transparent Water, came out in 2017 and was a transporting...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Blitzmash
Despite their ambition to remain at the cutting edge of innovative world jazz, the Amsterdam Klezmer Band has always been...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: July/2014
