Reviews
La Imagen en Silencio
Buenos Aires has strained connections with its hinterlands; beyond them, provincial Argentina has more in common with Bolivia or Mongolia...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
For the Culture
Alborosie & King Jammy | Alborosie
After leading the Bergamo-based Reggae National Tickets during the late 1990s, Sicilian-born singer Alberto D’Ascola moved to Jamaica to launch...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: October/2021
I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song
It’s been done before and often, but never with such silken, seductive charm as here. Readily lending themselves to music,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2021
Spanish Roots
Spanish Roots is the second album in Martin Richardson’s Return Trip project, which celebrates the myriad styles that have influenced...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: October/2021
Calles del Olvido
Alejandro Valdés grew up in the province of Camagüey in central Cuba, playing percussion and bass before picking up guitar...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2021
Be Here Whenever
Danielle de Gruttola, Henry Kaiser, Benedicte Maurseth & Stein Urheim
After the plaintively beautiful but solitary sound of Benedicte Maurseth’s self-titled solo album (reviewed in the November 2019 issue, #152),...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Vol 1
This first release on a new label launched by Banning Eyre, presenter of the Afropop Worldwide radio show and all-round...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
