This disc proves that music doesn't have much truck with geopolitics.
If they can only let some grit into the studio, they’ll find a powerful voice of...
Few bands exude this kind of confidence and panache...
The trick of all great balladeers is to compel you to turn your ear to the speakers...
...Hats, veils and, well, jeans off to Rough Guide for pulling together this lively...
The best world music/ethnic release of the year is also one of the best across all the...
If Garth Brooks makes his music for George W Bush, then Garth Cartwright MCs for the...
...a cool, contemporary one-off.
Music for ears and minds seeking a bridge to heaven.
Her breathy, fragile, high-pitched voice means she often sounds like a child, but...
Boldly Brazilian, with a snaking samba that winds itself around subtle bass riffs and...
While the flourishes are a little less celestial throughout, this is a faithful,...
This sprinkling of familiar seasoning will serve to make a very exotic musical...
...an exploration of elemental states and emotions...
This is essentially Deep Forest, Enya and Jean Michel Jarre mixed with some astute...
Turn it up and shut off all distractions...
All songs are ultimately feral, almost chaotic, and weirdly funky too.
This is not quite an ethnic homecoming. There's a rich mix of countries and styles,...
'..there's not a genre or pigeonhole anywhere that can diminish its originality and...
'..this is a lounge to step into if you need to chill after too much Latin passion or...
'the album would have been far better if this superstar had been encouraged to be more...
'Amparanoia are without doubt one of the best live acts around, and approach studio...
'One of the most upbeat albums to appear this year, Ska Cubano is held together by a...
She plunders her country's native musical heritage, telling stories, confessing her...
'Horse and Fish delivers a crisp modern fusion of smoochy bossa and more upbeat...
'...the uninitiated or sceptical should start here.'
The Leeds cooperative, no mere band this, have kept up their tradition of artfully...
...will be adored by Sosa-followers as well as fans of percussion led music.
...[plays] with gusto and the technical brilliance the solo drum demands.
'To this multi-stranded, complex but extremely popular regional form, Spasiuk brings a...
'Marcos Valle subtly pulls other moods into his stylish sound. It's kept him ageless...
'Tango Varón takes its inspiration from the intimate world of cabaret and cafe...
'At her best this Bahian singer - raised in Rio - takes you to impossible beaches lit...
'There can, though, be no doubting the promise of this duo, and the Irish-Hispanic mix...
The songs are breathless, built on sublime reels up and down the frets . Rodrigo and...
'Joyce's music exports well, partly because her voice works anywhere but also because...
He's often angst-ridden and energetic and can deliver raps and rants with gut-twisting...
'As well as losing her short blonde locks for brunette waves, Albita has switched from...
Stuart Staples mumbles about romantic betrayal, bedroom angst and the inevitability of...
'La Revancha del Tango' by Franco-Argentine outfit Gotan Project takes tango away from...
The originators continue to be the masters.
An album of jet black lyrics which, played off against an off-kilter positive energy...
Music for the summer: throwaway, feelgood, and pretty fickle.
Many of these artists are revisiting their origins by paring things down and allowing...
There's something cute and quite cool about the idea of young 'uns swaying their heads...
Putumayo turn their attention to the emerging 'Nouvelle Scene' in this 12 track...
