Reviews
Oásis de Bethânia
Like her brother, Caetano Veloso, Bethânia was a key player in the musical revolution which swept through late 60s and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Future Sounds of Buenos Aires
It been several years – six, in fact – since ZZK Records first started to whip the cool kids into...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Zozodinga
One of the founding fathers of Touareg ishumar music, or desert blues in European marketing-speak, Oumbadougou returns with his first...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Tantas Lisboas
Marco Rodrigues’ fado is a little bit different from everyone else’s these days. With a past in pop music, the...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Jorge: The Definitive Collection
No Brazilian singer has chronicled the unpretentious, good life of simple, working-class Rio more faithfully than Jorge Ben. For almost...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Between The Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Bluegrass
A handful of engaging selections punctuate the 13 tracks on this album, Putumayo’s initial venture into the bluegrass realm. David...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
American Hornpipe
This is the fourth album from the American duo whose credo is ‘new-time old-time music’ and who follow the tracks...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
When Our Grandfathers Said No
Hailing from north¬east England, the trademark of this vocal trio is lusty close harmony singing, through which they tell nostalgic...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
UnVeiled
Sabina Rakcheyeva is a ferociously talented violinist from Azerbaijan. She studied at the Baku Academy of Music, at the Juilliard...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
