Reviews
Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs from Discos Horoscopo 1977-87
By the late 70s Peruvian cumbia had become synonymous with neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Lima populated by internal migrants...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022
Carta de Amor
This recording captures the celebrated Brazilian singer live in a concert in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 in front of...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2014
Laissez Passer
TootArd have finally released their debut album, Laissez Passer, seven years after forming the band. Although the members of TootArd...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Odissea
The intrepid BandAdriatica have produced a sort of pan-Mediterranean album here, exploring the theme of migration, very visible in their...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2019
Ritual
Nico Gomez & his Afro Percussion Inc
It seems unlikely that a Dutch musician would lead a band specialising in Afro-Latin fusions. Yet that is the case...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: July/2013
Some Heavy Hand
Spanning the Anglo-American folk duo’s career from 2005 to 2018, Some Heavy Hand is a marvellous collection of unreleased session...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Harponium
Scottish harper Catriona McKay says that with her latest album she is ‘fusing the timbres of harp and harmonium into...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014
High Rise
The debut album from a Scottish fiddler and composer whose ‘Fiddle Tune a Day’ YouTube project presented a new tune...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
