Reviews
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Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)
It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Tricota
Electronic tango is in a decadent but decisive phase. As the fad falls away, a few bands have managed to...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Estática
The original bossa nova playboy is back and firing on all cylinders for his fourth and probably best album to...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Dubber Side Of The Moon
Whether it's well-lubricated rednecks taking the tools of bluegrass to the songs of AC/DC or Frencheasy-listening sophisticates smoothing the corners...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Pesebre
For all its pedigree, contemporary music from Argentina can be a little predictable. As modern tangueros like Orquesta Típica Fernández...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Roots of Chicha II
I imagine a lot of Peruvian women have enjoyed dancing on the dance floor to the female singer of Manzanita...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos
Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar
Acho Estol is one of Argentina's leading contemporary tango lights, best known for his performances with his band La Chicana,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Great Expectation
A folk style with ensemble vocals, banjo and distinct African percussion, mento was Jamaica's leading style from the 1920s onwards,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Tande-la
Observant musical tourists in Cuba have long noted the colourful undercurrent of Haitian folklore in the cabarets and dance troupes,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa
Hardcore salseros will be twirling for joy at the news of the release of 100% Salsa, a sprawling collection of...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
