Reviews
Troubadour
Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2024
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
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Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet
Moroccan oud player Driss El Maloumi has cropped up frequently in these pages, both with a couple of Top of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024
Feuilles Fauves
The five members of French collective Lo’Jo celebrate over four decades of camaraderie exploring poetry, music and cabaret drawn from...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: November/2024
Men Lŏnu
Duo Landry+ formed in 2016 after an encounter at the Institut Français de Cotonou. Together, clarinettist, flautist and saxophonist Landry...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
Gente
Born in Bissau and raised in Cape Verde, Nancy Vieira, now based in Lisbon, is a leading exponent of Cape...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2024
No Reino dos Afetos 2
For his second outing Berle, now relocated to São Paulo from his home state of Alagoas, has once more co-produced...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
All You Need is Death
All You Need is Death is the first cinematic soundtrack from Lankum’s Ian Lynch. The film of the same name...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2024
Radio Afloat
Layale Chaker is a Lebanese violinist and composer whose music draws rich inspiration from contemporary classical music, jazz improvisation and...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: July/2024
