Reviews
From There to Here
It’s high time Omar Puente received his due. The Yorkshire–based Cuban violin virtuoso and jazzer has been just outside the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
The Rough Guide to Tango Revival
While you are listening if not dancing to this great sequence of tangos, you might ponder the reasons as to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
The Lusafrica Years
Orquesta Aragón is at heart a charanga orchestra, a fluid blend of woodwind, brass and strings with flute and violins...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Jah Shaka Presents the Positive Message
The legendary and mysterious Jah Shaka has been the UK’s leading roots and culture sound-system operator since the early 70s,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Linzay Young & Joel Savoy
When Joel Savoy was a teenager, he learned from some of the veteran musicians living in and around his hometown...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Don’t You Want To Go?
A superbly talented fiddle player from Kansas City, Missouri, and member of the acoustic bluegrass band The Wilders, Betse Ellis...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
Clubbers and Cubanophiles alike will leap on this double set from the zeitgeist-riding Gilles Peterson. Financed by Havana Rum and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Light a Candle
Forró is an eternally sunny, jiggy dance from north¬eastern Brazil that became very popular in the 1990s with the São...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Vive I’Amour
Too bad if you weren’t there to witness these talented Cajun ladies performing at the funky and friendly Blue Moon...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Panama! 3
How much music can little Panama keep finding in its vaults? With the third instalment of Soundway’s Panama series (subtitled...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
