Reviews
Tin Can Trust
Arising out of east Los Angeles, Los Lobos first came together to play Mexican corridos (narrative ballads sung in Spanish),...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
El Boom Boom
Now here’s a turn up for the books. The indefatigable Tumi Records of Bath has stumbled across a compilation containing...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Song Up In Her Head
It’s extremely hard to get past the fact that this multi– instrumentalist bluegrass super-talent from Texas is only 19 years...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
El Existential
The first thing that will strike most listeners as strange about the latest offering from Grupo Fantasma is to see...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Peru: Folklore and Mythology
There is something quite bizarre about the presentation of these field recordings, made in Lima, Puno, Cuzco, Ay a cucho...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Feast of the Hunters’ Moon
Is there something about the sometimes torpid climate of the north-western US that informs the approach of some of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Leave Your Sleep
The former 10,000 Maniacs singer signed to Nonesuch last year, and her first album in seven years is an ambitious,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Rough Guide to Salsa Divas
Asked to name 15 Latin divas, most people will stop at Celia Cruz. The album opens with a classic, and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91
Another delivery of surprises from the vaults of the Palenque (Bogota) and Soundway (London) labels bring more mid-20th century Colombian...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
