Another release from ARC Music, who seem to have access to a bottomless wealth of folk and roots music from...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The resurgent interest in Afro-Colombian music continues with this album by Son Palenque, who, in the 1980s, helped popularise the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2018
The latest release by resonator guitar and lap steel specialist Mark Lavengood, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, showcases his...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Since her acclaimed 2000 debut, Tanto Tempo, reimagined bossa nova with a brilliant contemporary electronic twist, Gilberto’s career has followed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
This is an exquisite duo. Bijan Chemirani should be well known to Middle Eastern music enthusiasts as one of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
On reading that Robert Wyatt came out of retirement to produce Vasconcelos' eighth album (having previously worked with her on...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: December/2017
Uruguay is to Argentina as Wales is to England: smaller, saner, greener, less populated, less hurried and under-celebrated. The north...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Erlend Apneseth Trio & Frode Haltli
At first, Erlend Apneseth enjoyed the solitude of solo recording, then the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler formed a trio of great...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
This compilation album features 18 tracks by nine different Peruvian cumbia amazónica bands that played the high-energy dance music emanating...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: March/2023
Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
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