Reviews
Club Coco ¡AHORA! The Latin Sound of Now
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
A follow-up to 2021's Club Coco, this compilation by Mexican DJ Coco María showcases contemporary Afro-Latin sounds by home-based and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2023
Classical Music of Central Asia
Munojat Yulchieva, now in her early 60s, is probably the most recognised vocalist in Uzbek traditional music. She's got a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
reTORNAR
If you worry that a voice and a double bass might be too frugal fare, no need. Catalan singer, Magalí...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Colours of the Night
The third album from the sacred Sufi trance music of the Moroccan Gnawa people is one of the great traditions...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2023
Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years
Mzansi is a Xhosa word meaning south and in the 1980s became shorthand slang in the townships for South Africa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Peines Perdues
The charm of François-Félix Roy's debut solo recording lies in its subtle approach to traditional and traditionally-based Québécois music. Roy,...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: October/2023
Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971
Alongside Alan Lomax and William Ferris, Robert ‘Mack’ McCormick fits into the tradition of white American enthusiasts of African-American roots...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2023
La Gran Diversión
Out beyond the Buena Vista Social Club there is a piano. Roberto Fonseca will meet you there. Having stoked his...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2023
Vol 2 – Yet and Still
Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public
The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2023
