Reviews
The Rough Guide to Salsa
This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Agua del Sol
It’s easy to forget Hijos de Agüeybaná are from Puerto Rico. Their sound recalls the percussive rhythms and call-and-response patterns...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
The Boss of the Bossa Nova
Don’t let the title put you off, this is a handy, single-disc anthology of bossa alchemist João Gilberto’s first three...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Four Little Sisters
This all-female band is part of a vibrant, alternative string music community in San Francisco that has turned out new...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Pecados Tropicales
You’d think six Latina women playing a punky cumbia with ‘queer’ in their band name had to be a good...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Indio de Apartamento
An estranged cousin to last year’s Bill Frisell link-up, Lágrimas Mexicanas, this album is one that demands patience and time...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
The Life & Times Of…
The Hot 8 Brass Band have every right to sing the blues. Forced to flee New Orleans due to Hurricane...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
A Tribute to Caetano Veloso
In Brazil and across the Latin American diaspora, Caetano Veloso is God. As a founding father of tropicalia, as a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Jamaica: Rhythm & Blues 1956-1961
The years 1956 and 1961 brought two key events to Jamaica’s musical history. The dates also provide well chosen bookends...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
Africa collided with Latin America in myriad ways, from the complex rhythms of son, the Yoruba pulse underpinning cumbia to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
