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Review of O Paraíso

O Paraíso

Lucas Santtana

Nø Førmat!

Rating: ★★★★

Bahian artist Lucas Santtana read David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth, yet remains largely upbeat. Paradise is potentially here and now,...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Review of Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)

Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)

Luis David Aguilar

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Futuro Niche

Futuro Niche

MA Studio

Discos Pacífico

Rating: ★★★★

From the birthplace of salsa choke (pronounced ‘cho-que’), a mixture of urban music styles with salsa, MA Studio is one...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of El Bueno y el Malo

El Bueno y el Malo

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Easy Eye Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss-Ecuadorian guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez make their intentions clear from the first twang of heavily-reverbed guitar. Sitting somewhere between Tarantino...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Callejera

Callejera

La Perla

Top of the World

Mambo Negro Records

Rating: ★★★★

La Perla have established themselves so insidiously into the fabric of contemporary Colombian music that it’s hard to believe this...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Recalentados

Recalentados

Los Amparito

Fuego Amigo Discos

Rating: ★★★★

We know that Los Amparito, the project of Mexican producer Carlos Pesina Siller, is playful because a) Los Amparito is...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of While You Were Slumbering

While You Were Slumbering

Joseph Decosimo

Top of the World

Sleepy Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Tradisyon

Tradisyon

Wesli

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

This is a collection of traditional Haitian songs modernised with skill and sensitivity by Montréal-based singer and multi-intrumentalist, Wesli. It’s...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Pascale LeBlanc

Pascale LeBlanc

Rating: ★★★

Although born in Montréal, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pascale LeBlanc grew up in Haiti, her mother’s homeland. Her songs reflect much...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Fandango at the Wall in New York

Fandango at the Wall in New York

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Tiger Turn

Rating: ★★★

Mexican-American composer, pianist and activist Arturo O’Farrill says it’s his mission to ‘unite people through the power of profoundly moving...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

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