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Review of I am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100

I am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Buddemusic

Rating: ★★★★

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth, I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 is a diverse and fascinating...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Club Coco ¡AHORA! The Latin Sound of Now

Club Coco ¡AHORA! The Latin Sound of Now

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★

A follow-up to 2021's Club Coco, this compilation by Mexican DJ Coco María showcases contemporary Afro-Latin sounds by home-based and...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of La Madrugá

La Madrugá

Yasser Tejeda

One RPM

Rating: ★★★★

This new album from Yasser Tejeda comprises a slick and very enjoyable collection of nine tracks merging two distinct traits...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Biama

Biama

Lebeha Drummers

Top of the World

Neuma Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Garifuna group is based at the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins Village, Belize, which opened in 2003 with the...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Anamores

Anamores

Ani Cordero

Panapén Records

Rating: ★★★

Earlier in the year, this Puerto Rican singer, drummer and social activist released a righteously indignant single about, she explained,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Sara Mama

Sara Mama

Humazapas

Top of the World

AYA Records

Rating: ★★★★

A project long in the making, Sara Mama, which translates as ‘mother corn,’ has its roots in the Kichwa communities...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of La Retreta Mayor

La Retreta Mayor

La Retreta Mayor

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★

Originally released in 1976 on Discomoda, this Venezuelan ten-piece founded by guitarist Alex Rodríguez transports you straight back to a...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Samba em Kigali

Samba em Kigali

Tapioca

Jakarta Records

Rating: ★★

Following 2022's well-streamed Voyage, the Belgian duo of rapper and lyricist Alessandro ‘Le Tagarel’ Vlerick and producer and composer Simon...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded 45 years ago in the north Brazilian town of Belém and released on the Erla - Estudio Rauland label,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of The Ones Ahead

The Ones Ahead

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Transgressive

Rating: ★★★

As he entered his seventies, the classically-trained Canada-based singer/composer Glenn-Copeland was lapsing into dignified retirement. Then he made public his...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

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