Reviews
Razem
In Polish razem means ‘together’ and this album is a meeting of two bands: Babra from Hungary and Megitza (aka...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Maggio
Maggio stands alongside past highlights from this solid, masterful quartet: it embraces Tuscan and Central Italy's traditional music, hints of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2016
Caboclo
As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
Ngiya Awungarra – I Am Here, Now
The indigenous culture of the two main Tiwi Islands – Melville and Bathurst, some 80km north of Darwin – has...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: May/2017
The Rough Guide to Holy Blues
Featuring 25 tracks of vintage acoustic blues – almost all of them dating from the 1920s and 30s – this...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2017
Contreband Mentality
Les Frères are a 14-strong Paris-based Afro-beat collective who, for some bizarre reason, all take the same surname in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Pissourin
In their latest outing, the amazing Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani go (more) electronic, and again produce an endlessly inventive take...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2021
Singing the Mohini Attam
The Indian dancer Brigitte Chataignier has tastefully recorded and compiled an album highlighting the music of the dance Mohini Attam...
Reviewed by Rolf Killius in issue: March/2013
Quilombo
Osvaldo Hernandéz-Napoles is a Mexican singer-songwriter and percussionist who has been based in Brussels for the last 24 years. Quilombo...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
