Reviews
Os Brazões
This is a welcome reissue that deserves to sit alongside tropicália classics by the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015
Cantendi a Deus
In her extensive research about her native island music, the Sardinian singer Elena Ledda has regularly delved into the traditional...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Camilla
Caroline Herring was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, re-examining the Edwardian collector's catalogue of songs gathered from Britain and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
Woven Landscapes
Karavan Sarai is a band led by composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Narayan Sijan, who plays a variety of Turkish and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2016
Tewesta: Remembrance
On the surface there’s not a great deal to dislike about Tewesta (Remembrance), a new recording fronted by guitarist Girum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
From the Rich Dark Earth
Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
Makedonissimo
Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski has made a name for himself through bravura solo readings of Rachmaninov and Chopin, but appears...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2020
Getz/Gilberto ’76
When João Gilberto and Tom Jobim slowed down samba and gave birth to bossa nova, a languorous song form that...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2016
Ancestors
Built almost solely around the simple spine of his guitar, soulful voice and African percussion, the fourth album from the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Northern Light, Gambian Night
The Gambian kora player Amadou Bansang Jobarteh awoke many Western listeners to African music two decades ago, and now Dawda,...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: October/2011
