Reviews
This Unknown Science
The lithe, crystalline soprano voice of Emma Beaton is the first thing that stands out when you listen to This...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Fado Tango
Cristina Branco is a conceptualist. Each of her albums, ever since 2003's debut Sensus, approaches fado according to a vision,...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
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 by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
La Negra: The Definitive Collection
With neither ‘Gracias a la Vida’ nor ‘Maria Maria’ on it, this double album is not quite the definitive collection...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
2011: A Space Odyssey
The liner notes of this debut album say that the release is a tribute to the ‘musicians of Cambodia's Golden...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Grande Liquidação
The Mr Bongo label deserves some kudos for re-releasing this, the hard-to-find 1968 debut album from everyone's favourite world music...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Dust
Dust, the Faeries’ sixth studio release, is a mellower affair than we'd traditionally expect from the Skye-based boys. Well-known and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough 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 by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Fasiya
Breaking the mould of West Africa's male– dominated kora tradition, Sona Jobarteh comes from a Mande griot family representing a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
