Reviews
Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo
Lila Downs is a Latin American superstar. On her ninth album she fronts an orchestra of 20 musicians from as...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Two Sevens Clash
It's rare for a group to write a record so powerful that it instilled an impending fear of apocalypse in...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés
On Familia, two Latin jazz pianists pay tribute to two celebrated forefathers of the genre: Bebo Valdés and Chico O'Farrill,...
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Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts
Following Guthrie's death in 1967, plans were made for a memorial concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. The event took...
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Squirrel Hunting
The debut album by Hot Rock Pilgrims proves at least one thing: given enough talent and determination, a pan-European quintet...
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Gay Feet
Sonia Pottinger (1931-2010) was the pre-eminent female Jamaican record producer and label owner, her career ranging from ska to dancehall....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Despegue
I never thought I'd end up having to reconsider La Chiva Gantiva's debut album as ‘polite’. This is a band...
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Inna de Yard
It's been close to 25 years since Ken Boothe last entered the studio and, in truth, he has lost a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites
Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Echo in the Valley
Although they've been married since 2009, Béla Fleck, the world's premier banjo player, and clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
