Reviews
El Fabuloso Sonido De Andrés Vargas Pinedo
The Peruvian Amazon was a hotbed of music in the 60s and 70s, but this collection makes it clear that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Høyre du, Mann! Langeleikopptak 1955-83
The National Library of Norway is extremely good at archiving historical recordings and making their collections available for wider listening....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021
Voy Pa’ Allá
The arrival of Discos Pacifico has meant a steady stream of new releases from Colombia’s Pacific Coast; following on from...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Birdy Island
This is a strange, somewhat haunting album that may be classified as ‘ambient’ music by some, but it is attempting...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2021
Mind Maintenance
Chicago-based Joshua Abrams is a jazz bassist whose career encompasses a range of experimental strands. He’s long been an aficionado...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
Tezeta
Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band
The Walias Band are a legendary group. On the frontline of the uniquely Ethiopian brand of jazz and soul during...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2021
Una Mujer de Sal Junto a un Hombre Vuelto Carbón
Another unlikely reissue from the ever colourful portfolio of Spain’s Vampisoul label, this Uruguayan oddity offers some context to their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2021
European Howl
Agent Starling is an unusual duo, a pairing of hurdy-gurdy player Quentin Budworth with Louise Duffy-Howard (aka Lou Loudhailer). Back...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2021
Spirit of Love
COB is the abbreviation of Clive’s Original Band though Cob, as the trio was sometimes called, is apt. Cob is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2021
Hunter
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
Locked down doesn’t mean imaginations are locked up. In Hunter, song inspiration is global, despite being set down and sung...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: July/2021
