Reviews
Braziliance!
‘First came Gilberto, then Jobim, and now MARCOS VALLE BRAZILIANCE!’ runs the breathless blurb on the original sleeve of this...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: April/2020
Day to Day
There are some parts of the African diaspora – like the US or Jamaica – that are well-known. But the...
Reviewed by Jake Hulyer in issue: October/2016
On the Rock
On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021
Light a Candle
Forró is an eternally sunny, jiggy dance from north¬eastern Brazil that became very popular in the 1990s with the São...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Yaho Bele/Say Yeah
Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné
Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
The Rough Guide to Salsa
This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...
Reviewed by Daniela Rosselson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées
The Syrian oud player and singer Waed Bouhassoun grew up in the culturally rich Jebel Druze region, just over the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2019
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Highland Time
Opener ‘After the Storm’ shows where we’re heading: a crisp rhythm track overlaid with pipes and fiddle and a deranged...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: May/2016
