Reviews
Tigre Qui Pleure
El Gato Negro is as far from Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy Black Cat as you could get. Hiding behind the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2024
Irakere
Grupo Irakere, as the Cuban all-star outfit was known back in 1976 when this second in Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
All is Forgiven
Lilli Lewis has been labelled a ‘folk rock diva’, but that only describes part of her style. Based in New...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Social Limbo
This is the second album from Opez, led by guitarist Massi Amadori, and one which continues their exploration into melancholic...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
Suave Bruta
There has recently been a wave of new approaches in Britain and continental Europe to mainland Latin American music, often...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2024
Delight
With 2021’s Under the Lilac Sky, Arushi Jain announced herself as a gifted alchemist of electronica and Hindustani music through...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024
Digital Indigenous 05: Katula
Hailing from northern Malawi, this gospel choir began their recording career by accident when they began collecting money to build...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Sin Fronteras
Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices
Two-time Latin Grammy award-winner Mireya Ramos has released her second album, Sin Fronteras, co-produced with Beau Bledsoe, founder/director of chamber...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: January/February/2024
