Reviews
Malkradessa
The Bissau Guinean singer Venilio Evangelista Pan was born in Portugal and lives in London. This, his debut album, is...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Sunlightsquare presents Britannia Shing-A-Ling
There’s a riot going on in Sunlightsquare. This unapologetically ambitious album from this sprawling UK collective sees some 25 musicians...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
A Retrospective
‘If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,’ commented Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader of...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
20,000 Miles
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Aberaeron Sunset
What, I was asking myself, would a crossover South Asian/ UK album thought up in a Welsh caravan sound like?...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
World Routes: On The Road
World Routes (currently broadcast on Sunday evenings) is BBC Radio 3’s flagship world music programme. And to my knowledge, there...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
Sounds and Silence: Music for the Film
Divorced from the documentary that it soundtracks [reviewed on p103], Sounds And Silence effectively becomes a plain and simple ECM...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Sistema Subversiva
Don't expect to hear any mint-breathed sighing, loose-hipped swaying and general ‘la-la-la-ing’ from Da Cruz. Bossa nova and its anodyne...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Traders
The common thread in this improbable but delightful fusion of the traditional music of Scotland and West Africa is created...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
