Reviews
Bush Animals Don't Like Hunters: Music of Sierra Leone Vol 1
This is a remarkable collection of field recordings collected from different regions across Sierra Leone between 1965 and 1970. Cootje...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2012
La Grande Dame de la Chanson Creole
The French chanson tradition has shone a spotlight on many great singers through the years, singers as varied as the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Year of the Funky
The talented young guzheng player Bei Bei has teamed up, for her sophomore effort, with a very experienced producer and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: August/2017
Don’t Keep Silent
The title of this New Zealand funk/fusion outfit’s second album couldn’t be more appropriate. Across the album’s 11 tracks Batucada...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano
Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso
Whilst most lovers of Brazilian music will be familiar with tropicalia founders Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, fewer will know...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2012
Portas
A four-time Latin Grammy winner, Brazilian Marisa Monte returns with her first solo studio album in over ten years. Portas...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2021
Roudennoù / Traces
Renowned as one of the most charismatic traditional singers of Brittany, the late Yann-Fañch Kemener released a double album embracing...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: June/2019
In Between Thoughts… A New World
The follow-up to the Mexican duo's Grammy-winning Mettavolution follows a similarly spiritual motivation – whereas that record was shaped by...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Tili Saba
This is an excellent example of a contemporary interpretation of the kora. Susso was born into a griot family in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2021
Live in Amsterdam
What’s outstanding about this re-released first recording of Cristina Branco, from 1997, is not only that we get to hear...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012
