Reviews
El Chango: The Very Best Of
Chango Spasiuk’s grandparents emig¬rated from the Ukraine to Misiones, a rural region of bright green forests, vivid red earth and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Lero-Lero
São Paulo seems to be producing dozens of smoky, smoochy women singers at the moment. Only Céu and Mariana Aydar...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Havana Central
London’s jazz scene is teeming with talented musicians long overdue their dues. The 20-piece genre-hopping outfit Sunlight Square Combo is...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Que Beleza
Another summer, another Ipanemas album, and if the British weather stays anything like as sweet as Que Beleza sounds, a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Ginga is a kind of football-specific Brazilian equivalent of ‘mojo,’ which the national team seem to have lost during the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Brasilianos 2
This is one of those albums on which you can’t help but be impressed by the virtuoso musician¬ship. Bandleader Hamilton...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Antifogmatic
Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Salsa Salsa
‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Buenos Aires: Une Nuit de Tango
Like many low-budget compilations, this 37-track album is sourced from a limited number of artists, featuring six tracks each from...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
