World Music
Moussu T e lei Jovents: Artemis - review
(Le Chant du Monde) Gallic charm comes no more engaging than this Marseilles troupe with their melange of cafe chanson, Mediterranean blues and Caribbean flavours, sung in both French and the antique Occitan dialect. This fifth outing typifies their a
Ana Moura: Live - The Barbican
A new sound and a new look for Ana Moura the acclaimed new voice of Fado from Portugal. Ana's stunning fifth album DesFado sees he working with Herbie Hancock and producer Larry Klein on new material written for her by songwriters from outside the Fado zo
Hariharan: Live - Royal Festival Hall
Hariharan is one of India's most celebrated playback singers and an award-winning collaborator with AR Rahman on film soundtracks including Roja. He is one of India's foremost ghazal singers, with a string of best-selling albums including the double pl
Rokia Traoré – 'Beautiful Africa' album review
Of all the musical responses by Malian artists to the political and humanitarian crisis in their homeland, you won’t find one more defiantly and vividly alive than this.
Nomad - Bombino
Nomad is the third album from the Tuareg guitarist, singer, and songwriter Omara “Bombino” Moctar. At the invitation of The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, the Niger-born artist and his band traveled to Nashville for the recording, produced by Auerbach hi
Tudo - Joyce Moreno
"The best musician among women singers after Elis Regina" - Caetano Veloso Tudo is Joyce's first studio album in a decade formed entirely of the Brazilian icon's original compositions. Tudo - meaning 'everything' in Portuguese - showcases Joyce's remarkab
Ganesh Kumaresh with Trio AAB - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Two special collaborations come to Alchemy as Indian violin duo Ganesh Kumaresh, known for their Carnatic music, join forces with Trio AAB following a critically-acclaimed collaboration at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival in 2011. 2011 also saw Trio
Martin Simpson & Arieb Azhar - Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Arieb Azhar, a singer and guitarist from Pakistan, is immersed in the traditional music of his own country which, combined with his deep understanding of Balkan and gypsy music, gives him a style that is uniquely his. Martin Simpson is one of the fines
Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa v Boban & Marko Markovic Orkestar - review
Barbican, London The opening was inspired. Lights flashed on and off, Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes played, and La Linea festival director Andy Wood came on stage like a boxing promoter, asking, "Are we ready to rumble?" The idea of a battle