Reviews
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Mambo Ska
Long awaited (not least by themselves) the release of the third album from the Anglo-Cuban entertainment innovators follows colourful reports...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Next Stop… Soweto Vol 2: Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves from the Townships 1969-76
All credit to compilers Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding, for what they have done with this unusual and fascinating comp¬ilation...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Greatest Hits
Bebo Valdés became famous in the 21st century as the Cuban emigré pianist who recorded Lágrimas Negras, the stunning 2002...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Barrio Tango
Over the past few years Madrid-based label Galileo has been licensing a number of talented and distinctive Argentinian tango bands...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Africa
The band might not agree, nor perhaps the nation of France – but this really is a fabulous French pop...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Garrincha – Estrela Solitária OST
Brazilians have an expansive metaphor for their football team’s enduring 50s icon. Wing legend Manuel Francisco dos Santos, aka Garrincha,...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
The Kusum Beat
That the author of the liner notes, in archetypal 1970s African self¬empowerment fashion, signs himself ‘Super Star’ is as likely...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa
Exile, and the pain of separation, have always inspired some great music and this cleverly conceived and refreshingly original compilation,...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Tangaria
French accordionist Richard Galliano knocks out an album or two every year and tours widely as a sort of ambassador...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
