Reviews
¡Canta con Venezuela!
Formed in 1971 by four college friends, Serenata Guayanesa have become a cultural institution in their native Venezuela. The band's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Mezana Dounia
Massa Dembele is a jeli (griot) from Burkina Faso who plays the kamalengoni. It's a bridged harp-lute not dissimilar to...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Turmio
This is one of the most exciting bands to come out of Finland in recent times. The members of Okra...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2016
Antoinette Konan
This 1986 recording predates the coupé-décalé phenomenon and launched a career that saw Antoinette Konan become a popular public figure...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
Sport and Play
This is an austere and sparse collection of ballads from the fresh¬faced young singer, guitarist and fiddler who picked up...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Paris Session
Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli keyboardist Idan Raichel have followed up their 2012 debut with an equally richly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Areas of High Traffic
Yorkshire-based Ulsterman Damien O’Kane is a familiar name from his key role alongside his wife, Kate Rusby, in her band,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés
On Familia, two Latin jazz pianists pay tribute to two celebrated forefathers of the genre: Bebo Valdés and Chico O'Farrill,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
