Reviews
Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)
With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Futuro Niche
From the birthplace of salsa choke (pronounced ‘cho-que’), a mixture of urban music styles with salsa, MA Studio is one...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
El Bueno y el Malo
Swiss-Ecuadorian guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez make their intentions clear from the first twang of heavily-reverbed guitar. Sitting somewhere between Tarantino...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Recalentados
We know that Los Amparito, the project of Mexican producer Carlos Pesina Siller, is playful because a) Los Amparito is...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
While You Were Slumbering
Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier
Although born in Montréal, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pascale LeBlanc grew up in Haiti, her mother’s homeland. Her songs reflect much...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Fandango at the Wall in New York
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Mexican-American composer, pianist and activist Arturo O’Farrill says it’s his mission to ‘unite people through the power of profoundly moving...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
Brooklyn-Cumaná
New York has long been the hub of Latin-Saxon musical collaborations. Jorge Clem is a Latin Grammy winner and Grammy-nominated...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
