Reviews
Cuban Jazz Report
Thanks to its state-sponsored conservatoires Cuba has long been a petri dish for maestro-worthy musicality. Cuban Jazz Report is a...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
12 Bombazos Bailables
Considering the sheer amount of quality music that came out of Colombia from the 50s through to the 70s, highlighted...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Scatter the Light
Scatter the Light, the latest album by Grammy-winning violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers, is jam-packed with tracks showcasing the Irish-American's nonpareil...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
América Invertida
Inspired by a famous drawing by Joaquín Torres García portraying South America upside down, this compilation centres on tiny, overlooked...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
La Yarará
In the press release to her second album Malena Zavala explains her desire to explore and overcome her identity issues,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Work My Claim
Marking 30 years as a touring and recording musician, Brooks Williams offers up a collection of nine re-recorded, all-acoustic tracks...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Trompeteros
Oh, to have lived in Peru in the 70s. Well, perhaps not... what with military dictators, the Ancash quake and...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
More Than One
From the very beginning of this album it is apparent that we are dealing with musicians as equally well-versed in...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Iquitos – Amazonía – Perú
Through the 1970s Raul Llerena (aka Ranil) took his band up and down the Amazon from their base in Iquitos,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Lua Cheia
Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
