Reviews
Mundo Meu
This Brazilian singer's mix of easygoing soul, samba and reggae was confidently displayed on her debut album Bossa Muffin. All...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015
Music of Angola
Manuel Diogo mixes traditional and contemporary Angolan gospel music: he blends recognisable gospel sounds – from the harmonies of African...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2015
Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, ethno-musicologist and filmmaker spent his life travelling the world making field recordings. He is best...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015
Gisela João
There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015
Finno-Balkan Voices
Eight female vocalists – four Finnish, and four Bulgarian – meet here in a collaboration that stems from a course...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2015
A Day Like Tomorrow
Fabian Holland has been praised for his guitar playing, which is fluid, elegant and blues-tinged but not over-elaborate. The same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2015
Rebel Tumbao
Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
The Girl I Left Behind Me
The hypnotic melodies, syncopated rhythms and pop hooks of this debut album from Devon folk duo Cole Stacey and Joseph...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015
Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay
It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015
