Reviews

Guajiro Sonero

José Alberto ‘El Ruiseñor’

José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Valses Para Perros

Ceviche Mixto

The Evo Morales era in Bolivia brought with it a re-evaluation of Indigenous cultural values, ranging across languages, architecture, fashion...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Rural

Kaifo

Dressed in a beige 70s suit and dark, orange-tinted sunglasses, Kaifo (aka Carlos Asimbaya) stares out intensely from a background...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Strata

El Búho

Along with a memorable roll call of musicians/producers from the UK, El Búho has fallen in love with Latin America,...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Néktar

Ava Rocha

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Empire Electric

No-No Boy

The new album, Empire Electric, from No-No Boy, the alter ego of rogue folklorist Julian Saporiti, dives into Southeast Asian...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Switched On

Pachyman

Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public

The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...

Reviewed in issue November/2023