Reviews
Tango, Noche y Guitarra
Paris-based Argentinian guitarist Rudi Flores takes standards and classics from tango, chamamé, valse and milonga, and replaces all the busy...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
I’m a Stranger Here
If Nirvana had been a rockabilly band from rural Vermont, they would have sounded something like The Devil Makes Three....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
El Valle de la Infancia
A son, a brother and a nephew join Argentinian bandoneón (squeezebox) virtuoso Dino Saluzzi for this latest offering from the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Tangos
Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-69
This joyous compilation aims to demonstrate calypso's pre-ska popularity across the Caribbean region and beyond. The first calypso recordings were...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Long Time… Seldom Scene
After four decades, The Seldom Scene is a band showing no signs of wavering enthusiasm or wandering from their chosen...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Underwater Dub
Listening to this album I immediately asked myself a question: who in the world needs another dub album in 2014?...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Goodness
Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Final
For decades, this singer-songwriter has ploughed a lonely furrow, working latterly from his home studio in a Havana suburb. His...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Konpa Lakay
This excellent disc of vibrant, rootsy twoubadou (troubadour) music from Haiti is a charming reminder of why you should never...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
