Reviews
Sesc Jazz: Susana Baca (Ao Vivo)
As one of three such releases – along with Ray Lema and jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Sway –...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
AlKemi
Cuban music contributes to, and absorbs, myriad musics from across Latin America, the Caribbean and the US. It has also...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
Irakere
Grupo Irakere, as the Cuban all-star outfit was known back in 1976 when this second in Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024
Rincon de las Penas
The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Souvenirs
The world lost a unique composer with the passing of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at the age of 99 last year....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024
ATÓMICA
The international profile of the Cuban-born singer, rapper and musician known as La Dame Blanche has been steadily increasing since...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024
Sones de Mariachi
Mariachi music, removed from the mezcal-sipping, ant-eating cantinas of its homeland, still has the power to entertain and surprise. Its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
