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Review of Bituca – The Definitive Collection

Bituca – The Definitive Collection

Milton Nascimento

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★

Definitive collections inevitably upset someone, and any attempt to sum up Milton Nascimento’s 45-year career in two CDs will be...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Acadian All Star Special

Acadian All Star Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bear Family

Rating: ★★★★

What a beautifully packaged project this is: a large box housing three CDs and a hardback book full of rare...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of +samba

+samba

Aleh

Biscoito Fino

Rating: ★★★

Sharply dressed and sporting a modest knot of dreads, Aleh Ferreira is a singer-songwriter firmly in the Seu Jorge mould...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Nos Quintais do Mundo

Nos Quintais do Mundo

DJ Tudo

Mundo Melhor

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps DJ Tudo should change his name, or at least that deceptive prefix of his, for it hides the fact...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Multishow Ao Vivo

Multishow Ao Vivo

Caetano Veloso & Maria Gadu

Multishow

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Alma Adentro

Alma Adentro

Miguel Zenón

Marsalis Music

Rating: ★★★

The old black and white photo of a cool dancing couple on the cover and the subtitle of this album...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Soho

Soho

Domingo Candelario

Tumi

Rating: ★★★

On his debut album, Cuban singer-songwriter Domingo Candelario leaves behind many of the Cuban and Brazilian influences he’s been honing...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!

¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!

Two Gentlemen Band

Serious Business Records

Rating: ★★★

Old-time music – that pre-modern amalgam of all the most exciting bits of 19th and early 20th century enter¬tainment careering...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Corazón y Hueso

Corazón y Hueso

Melingo

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

When Argentinian rocker Daniel Melingo took a stab at tango in 1998 with songs like ‘Narigón’ and ‘José el Cuchiyero’...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Leaving Eden

Leaving Eden

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

The new release from the American acoustic trio comes with high expect¬ations, after its pre¬decessor, Genuine Negro Jig won a...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

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