Reviews
Quebra-Cabeça
Four albums in and the juggernaut that is São Paulo's Bixiga 70 powers on with added conviction. Since their debut,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2018
Awake
There are some beautiful songs opening the second album by this folk duo, building on the impact of their debut...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
Nyanza
This is the third album from this Kenya-London collaboration and it's the most satisfying and varied set they’ve created yet....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2015
The Ripple Effect
A dozen years ago, the American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck took a journey across Africa to research the origins of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Working Hands
Shetland Islander Jenna Reid is often seen involved with Blazin' Fiddles and fiddle quartet Rant, but here she has regrouped...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2019
Egypt Noir
The idea behind this album is to present the music of the Africans from the deserts that encompass most of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2010
GALW
You've heard freeform jazz. What about freeform, avant-garde, New Age, Welsh folk music? This debut from the duo Sianed Jones and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019
Istanbul: Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723)
Inhabiting that intriguing territory between ‘early music’ and ‘ world music ’ Istanbul highlights the repertoire of the 18th century...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2010
21 Spices
Trilok Gurtu with Simon Phillips & NDR Big Band
Setting aside his wonderfully adventurous series of world music fusions, 21 Spices finds Trilok Gurtu returning to his early jazz...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Original Sound of Cumbia
These two generous CDs of Colombian cumbia, remastered from 78s, 45s and 33rpm LPs, are glorious. The subtitle, The History...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
