Reviews
Pingue-Pongue
Paulo Bellinati & Cristina Azuma
Though little of it reaches our shores, there's a great deal more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and 1970s-style...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Na Estrada
Bel Air de Forro are a new France-based outfit, a trio of Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano, fellow Brazilian Marcelo Costa...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Far From Home
From the opening, jump-up moments of ‘Abatina’, a crisp, smart updating of a famous traditional rhythm, ‘Kalenda March’, it is...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Sobre Crianças, Quadris, Pesadelos e Lições de Casa…
Though Criolo has stolen the limelight as the voice of those living on Brazil's periphery, Emicida's career has followed a...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Arthur Verocai
The eponymous debut album of Arthur Verocai, originally released in 1972, is one of those albums that history quickly forgot...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Estación Edén: Guitar Works from Uruguay II
While tango jostles with rock nacional and popular dance rhythms like cumbia in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, once you escape...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Family, Friends & Heroes
This 14-track extended family reunion kicks off with Frank Solivan and Del McCoury harmonising on a twanged-up version of Roy...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Ema Yazurlo y Quilombo Sonoro
Buenos Aires has long been a special musical melting pot, with the influences of Europe and the US vying with...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Rey Loj
Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
