A curva di cintura

"An intriguing if uneven set in which Antunes' sturdy, quietly intense vocals and straightforward melodies are set against far more complex backing provided by intertwining kora and guitar. There are pleasantly laid-back songs dressed up with delicate accompaniment, along with a charming re-working of Diabate's Kaira, and the bluesy Ir, Mao, with added African vocals and instrumentation. The best tracks are the most experimental, [like] Se Voce, which swings between cool balladry and stomping rock work-outs, and passages where Toumani's virtuoso son Sidiki shows how the kora sounds with a wah-wah pedal".

Læs anmeldelse

"[The] album is eclectic and smashingly fun ... Antunes and Scandurra wrote a set of melodic, compact and musically direct songs for the album, and the arrangements provided by the Malian/Brazilian band keep things propulsive ... The project's variety, which takes in everything from desert blues to fado guitar, musica popular Brasileira, spacey ballads, psychedelia and even hard rock, keeps things lively and engaging over nearly a full hour".