Reviews

Valses Para Perros

Ceviche Mixto

The Evo Morales era in Bolivia brought with it a re-evaluation of Indigenous cultural values, ranging across languages, architecture, fashion...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Rural

Kaifo

Dressed in a beige 70s suit and dark, orange-tinted sunglasses, Kaifo (aka Carlos Asimbaya) stares out intensely from a background...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Strata

El Búho

Along with a memorable roll call of musicians/producers from the UK, El Búho has fallen in love with Latin America,...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Néktar

Ava Rocha

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Empire Electric

No-No Boy

The new album, Empire Electric, from No-No Boy, the alter ego of rogue folklorist Julian Saporiti, dives into Southeast Asian...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Switched On

Pachyman

Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public

The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

La Gran Diversión

Roberto Fonseca

Out beyond the Buena Vista Social Club there is a piano. Roberto Fonseca will meet you there. Having stoked his...

Reviewed in issue November/2023