Reviews
La Yarará
In the press release to her second album Malena Zavala explains her desire to explore and overcome her identity issues,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020
Origen
Origen marks a change in style for the Spanish duo Fuel Fandango. Nita (Cristina Manjón) is a singer from Córdoba...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2020
Voices of the Sani
This debut presents a fusion of pop and traditional folk music of the Sani people from south-western China's Yunnan province....
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020
Bleu de Lune
This Franco-Algerian bunch of latter-day troubadours was discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Their live shows are renowned and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020
The Pace Setters
In 1981 Brian Eno travelled to Ghana to produce an album by the eight-piece Afro-funk band Edikanfo. Shortly after its...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020
Work My Claim
Marking 30 years as a touring and recording musician, Brooks Williams offers up a collection of nine re-recorded, all-acoustic tracks...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020
Uña y Carne
It's been 12 years since Juan Gómez ‘Chicuelo’ released his last solo album, Diapasión. In the interim he's worked as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
Trompeteros
Oh, to have lived in Peru in the 70s. Well, perhaps not... what with military dictators, the Ancash quake and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
More Than One
From the very beginning of this album it is apparent that we are dealing with musicians as equally well-versed in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2020
