Reviews

Pecata Beata

Carola Ortiz

Pecata Beata is the third album by Catalan singer, composer and clarinettist Carola Ortiz (who contributed clarinet on Anandi Bhattacharya’s...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2021

Hikikomori

La Chicana

Acho Estol and Dolores Solá have spent 25 years revivifying tango and other Argentinian and international musical genres with wit,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021

SMS for Location, Vol 4

Moonshine

Montréal has been at the forefront of club culture in Canada for some time now: from multi-arts practice in Ausgang...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2021

Gandhi

Rão Kyao

Rão Kyao was actually born João Gorjão Jorge and was a key figure in the local Portuguese jazz scene in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2021

Pajavasara

Perttula

We all have days when we believe we can split rocks and are immortal (don’t we?). If so, look no...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021

Wolf Rune

Sinikka Langeland

Being in a room with Sinikka Langeland is like being charmed into a northern forest under a night sky. Her...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021

Santuario/Sanctuary

VARIOUS ARTISTS

If you wanted a snapshot of contemporary Latin American music in the UK at this moment, then you couldn’t ask...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021

Fly Around

Water Tower

If a mash-up of bluegrass, folk, punk and psychedelia sounds tasty to your ears, Fly Around is your bowl of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021

Vol 1

Sebastião Tapajos & Pedro dos Santos

In the early 70s, Brazilian guitarist Tapajos booked some sessions at Buenos Aires’ ION studios, sometimes dubbed the ‘Abbey Road...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021

Comorian: We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This is an oddball of an album. Produced by Ian Brennan – of Tinariwen fame – this release is as...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2021