Reviews
It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records
Fania Records was started by Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco in 1964 with the idea of getting Latin recordings made by...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Delta Estácio Blues
Best known as Metá Metá’s vocalist, Marçal spent four years making this album, a lengthy process in which co-producer Kiko Dinucci...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Chinook Waltz
When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Brave Land
Winnipeg native Raine Hamilton’s third album is an enthusiastic fusion of chamber string music and fairly typical folk singer-songwriter structures....
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Frank Y Sus Inquietos
In the clubs of Caracas in the late 1960s, salsa was going off. Or more specifically, a sound that mixed...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Canciones de Isaac
Breezes, birdsong, crickets, leaf-litter, the hum of Caracas by night, and the more serene sounds of daytime walks through Pyrenean...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Artybonito
The Azueï Movement is a collective of artists spanning the shared island of Hispaniola, home to Haïti and the Dominican...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Fazer e Cantar
Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
Tempos Futuros
Like long-time partner in rhythm, drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, Azymuth’s veteran bassist Alex Malheiros makes an occasional solo sortie. This...
Reviewed in issue March/2022
