Reviews

Funmilayo

Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra

Formed of 11 black Brazilian women and non-binary people, the Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra began through a collective frustration over the...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Curyman

Rogê

A cursory listen to these 11 tracks suggests a lost classic from the golden age of Música Popular Brasileira. But...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Pafata

¿Who''s the Cuban?

Describing themselves as a ‘Latin rock fusion’ group, ¿Who's the Cuban? are a septet from France's Grand Est region. Since...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

River of Revenge: Brazilian Country Music 1929-1961 (Vol 1 & 2)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The pop and crackle of early recording gear, the guttural twang of handmade instruments, hand-me-down harmonies and country songs of...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Ese Puerto Existe

Insólito UniVerso

With their second album, Paris-based Venezuelan trio Insólito UniVerso continue their dream-laden dialogue between adopted city and longed-for homeland, as...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Agôra

Caixa Cubo

This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Lost Voices

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz

It's tempting to say that the stories recounted in song form on Lost Voices eclipse the songs themselves. But that...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Traveling Wildfire

Dom Flemons

‘The image of the travelling wildfire reminded me of how music and stories can travel from generation to generation, bringing...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Tribute to Austin Pitre

Evangeline Playboys

This Cajun jam session was recorded in 1999 at an outdoor venue in Opelousas, Louisiana and features the members of...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Furling

Meg Baird

In the two decades since co-founding Philadelphia's psychedelic folk explorers Espers, Baird has released notable solo recordings Dear Companion (2007),...

Reviewed in issue May/2023