Reviews

Navegar

João Selva

A native Carioca tutored by Wanda Sá and long immersed in Brazilian music, João Selva spent much of his early...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Leave the Bones

Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray

The pairing of Haitian ensemble Lakou Mizik and Grammy-winning electro wiz Joseph Ray is unlikely, sure, but only on paper....

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Laysongs

Chris Thile

Nowhere has master mandolinist Thile’s formidable artistry been more fully realized than on Laysongs. Urged on by Nonesuch Records honcho...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Tell Me How You Feel

Hoth Brothers Band

This, the second album by Hoth Brothers Band, is one among a gazillion projects that would have taken a different...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

3 Sessions in a Greenhouse

Lucas Santtana

On recent albums, Lucas Santtana has become a modern troubadour, channelling pop, protest song and natural charm, so it’s easy...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Color de Trópico Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

For a short album, this packs a mighty punch. Variously a crate digger’s delight, an ode to the hopes of...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Útera

Kaleema

In the past ten years, a particular strain of downtempo has emerged from Latin America's clubs, uniting hypnotic electronic grooves...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

In Our Voices

Moira Smiley & VOCO

Sing out, people. Raise your voices. Raise them in harmony with others. Sing out in the spirit of dissent and...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

4:00 AM

Delgres

France-born and raised Pascal Danaë was in his 30s when he first visited Guadeloupe, the birth country of his parents;...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Me Quité

Héctor Valentín

A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2021