Reviews
Sounds of the African Mbira
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
Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia
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
We've Come Along
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
Agora
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
Delâshena
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
The São Paulo Tapes
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
Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay
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
Salika, Molika
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
Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986
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 Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground
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
