Reviews
Build
Indian-American singer-songwriter Rupa Mayra and her troupe of San Francisco-based activist musicians return with their sophisticated global sound-world and rebellious...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013
New Queens of Fado
There are plenty of fado compilations out there, and this one doesn’t do much to distinguish itself. The title naturally...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2012
Natural Angle
Nearing the end of their first decade together, Gráda have returned to the recording studio for the first time since...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2010
Fado e Amor
Fado fans will hoover up this disc of duets between Carlos do Carmo, who is something of an elder statesman...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: March/2014
Beats of Zion
Since the tragic murder of Lucky Dube, the Ghanaian-born Dawuni has emerged as Africa's premier reggae artist and earned a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
De Todas las Flores
Lafourcade's first album of new, original material in seven years shows an artist in command of her many talents but...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2022
Dancing Under the Moon
The Master Musicians of Jajouka Led by Bachir Attar
Cosmic, gargantuan, ecstatic and best played very, very loud, the Master Musicians of Jajouka need little introduction. Since Beat writers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Wed 21
The Björk comparisons are understandable. Juana Molina’s music layers fractious dance beats and discordant sounds together with her own multi-tracked...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
For
Describing herself as ‘a harper, composer and sound artist,’ Úna Monaghan holds a degree in astrophysics from Cambridge University and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2018
