Reviews

Any Light

Loving

Ranging in stylistic deportment between sweetly braised acoustic rock (‘Any Light’, ‘No Mast’), analgesic stoner rock (‘Uncanny Valley’), folky dream...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Ki Moun Ou Ye

Nathalie Joachim

Nathalie Joachim, a Juilliard alum and Grammy-nominated classical flautist, undergoes a distinctive musical evolution in her second album, Ki Moun...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Onaida

Natascha Rogers

Dutch-born singer and percussionist Natascha Rogers released ‘O Baba’ as the first single from this album, With its strong Yoruba...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Sesc Jazz: Susana Baca (Ao Vivo)

Susana Baca

As one of three such releases – along with Ray Lema and jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Sway –...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

AlKemi

Daymé Arocena

Cuban music contributes to, and absorbs, myriad musics from across Latin America, the Caribbean and the US. It has also...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Irakere

Grupo Irakere

Grupo Irakere, as the Cuban all-star outfit was known back in 1976 when this second in Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Rincon de las Penas

Gustavo Pazos Conde

The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

ATÓMICA

La Dame Blanche

The international profile of the Cuban-born singer, rapper and musician known as La Dame Blanche has been steadily increasing since...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Sones de Mariachi

Mariachi Los Comperos

Mariachi music, removed from the mezcal-sipping, ant-eating cantinas of its homeland, still has the power to entertain and surprise. Its...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Where the River Bends is Only the Beginning

Saramaccan Sound

This is the 12th volume in ten years in Glitterbeat’s Hidden Musics series, all recorded by Ian Brennan in his...

Reviewed in issue April/2024