Reviews
La Yarará
In the press release to her second album Malena Zavala explains her desire to explore and overcome her identity issues,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020
Hello Cabo Verde
‘Fazê Gat’, the opening track on this rather lovely album, finds Adê singing gently in a duet with fellow Cape...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
The Revelers
High above the swamp of recent recordings by Cajun and zydeco artists, sits The Revelers’ self-produced, debut album, thanks to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013
Rodrigo & Gabriela & C.U.B.A — Area 52
Happy Rod and Gab fans! Area 52 is more of the same – despite all the Cuban music it features,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
Kelmti Horra
Is this the sound of post-revolutionary Tunisia? Perhaps. Certainly it is a self-assured, outward-looking and proudly individual debut from a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2012
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
Guerra
Spirited trumpeter, composer and director Cesare Dell'Anna's GirodiBanda is a multifaceted beast, comprising more than 30 musicians including some leading...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2019
Follow Them True
Anyone who has seen Stick in the Wheel live recently will know just what a diamond-hard machine they have become....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2018
What Pan Did for Me
Visitors to Port of Spain's legendary carnival will recall Panorama, the steel band competition at which bands – some up...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: November/2015
Zivo
On the new release from neo-rebetika outfit Trio Tekke, they have teamed up with drummer Dave de Rose to give...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2017
