Reviews
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Battlefield Dance Floor
This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019
Dois Selos e um Carimbo
How can you top a debut album that has spent over 100 weeks in the Portuguese charts, powered by the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010
The Mystery Inch
Twelve instrumentals, five pairs of hands, and about as much transportative fun and joyful tune-making as you can imagine: welcome...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Gypsy Unity
Angelo Debarre & Marius Apostol
Born to a caravan-dwelling, Romani Manouche family, Angelo Debarre grew up with the music of Django Reinhardt. He began learning...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2014
Brasslands: A Motion Picture Soundtrack
When Miles Davis ventured to the annual brass festival in Guca, in western Serbia, he was astonished. “I didn’t know...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
CantöRiöndö
The spirit of Genoa resounds through this celebration of the singing circle of trallalero – a form of urban traditional...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Ratja Yaliyali
Resident on Milingimbi Island, off the north coast of Australia's Arnhem Land, Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu is a cousin of celebrated...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Remembrance
Imagine Tom Waits heading north and living for a while with Sámi musicians in Norway. Steinar Raknes has a voice...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
