Reviews
Abraçaço
Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
Pafata
Describing themselves as a ‘Latin rock fusion’ group, ¿Who's the Cuban? are a septet from France's Grand Est region. Since...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Echoes
Smith's fifth studio album takes the Scottish singer, songwriter and instrumentalist into a new and fruitful direction. Consisting mainly of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014
World Music
Still in his early 30s, Australian-Egyptian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has already released a dozen albums, three of which won...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2016
Let's!
The debut album by London's Yiddish Twist Orchestra adopts a puzzling stance. It has enough of a rampant novelty factor...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Aqui
This is Carla Pires’ third solo album, though she has notched up many other achievements in a career that stretches...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2016
Mali Overdrive
Yet another Malian artist caught up in the unrest that has recently destabilised his country, Anansy Cissé hails from the...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2014
Dust
Dust, the Faeries’ sixth studio release, is a mellower affair than we'd traditionally expect from the Skye-based boys. Well-known and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Djawla
Anouar Kaddour Cherif is a new face on the scene, at least around European parts. Three years ago, at the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2022
