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Review of Club Coco

Club Coco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Compiled by Mexican DJ Coco María, this collection shows off a glorious vision for contemporary Latin American music. Coco, currently...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Festa!

Festa!

Andrew Finn Magill

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★

North Carolinian Andrew Finn Magill is an incredibly polished and virtuosic violinist who has turned his bow to many genres...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Open the Gate of Zion

Open the Gate of Zion

The Ethiopian

Jamaican Art Records

Rating: ★★★★

After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Un Canto por México Vol 2

Un Canto por México Vol 2

Natalia Lafourcade

Top of the World

Sony Mexico

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to last year’s acclaimed Un Canto por México, Vol 1 (a Top of the World in November 2020,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Solid Gold U Roy

Solid Gold U Roy

U Roy

Trojan Jamaica

Rating: ★★★★

The death of U Roy in February at the age of 78 had an ‘end of an era’ feeling, since...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Deja

Deja

Bomba Estéreo

Sony US Latin

Rating: ★★★★

Their first full-length release since 2017’s Ayo, Colombian hybrid-beat band Bomba Estéreo’s new album Deja was produced in Santa Marta,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of The Trojan Story

The Trojan Story

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite a series of late 60s chart hits by artists such as Desmond Dekker and Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican music faced...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Catleya: Bogotá Sessions

Catleya: Bogotá Sessions

Krak in Dub

Galletas Calientes

Rating: ★★★

French-Argentinian producer Krak in Dub recorded this album in Bogotá with an eclectic pool of Colombian talent, reflected in the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of The Ethiopian: Open the Gate of Zion

The Ethiopian: Open the Gate of Zion

The Ethiopian

Jamaican Art Records

Rating: ★★★★

After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Hikikomori

Hikikomori

La Chicana

Top of the World

Acqua Records

Rating: ★★★★

Acho Estol and Dolores Solá have spent 25 years revivifying tango and other Argentinian and international musical genres with wit,...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

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