Reviews
Choque Eletrostático
Lebeis comes from a background in theatre production but uses this assured debut to show her abilities in sound, texture...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Terceiro Mundo
The opening sound bite of Terceiro Mundo, ‘EntreMundos’, refers back to the São Paulo group’s 2017 second album of the...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Dreamer’s Motel
Joachim Cooder took his time to emerge from his father’s shadow but it was a family apprenticeship well-spent, playing percussion...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Creole Orchestra
Big band music in the 21st century can often feel quite dated, so it's refreshing to hear an album such...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Canciones Que No Quieren Morir
This 21-track compilation focuses on the solo career of the erstwhile Argentine frontman for Los Gatos and composer of their...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Guaracheros
This 1961 work was originally released on Peru's MAG label. Nelson Ferreyra's outfit gives Cuban guaracha, once particularly popular in...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Willie Watson
Since co-founding the much-acclaimed Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson has spent around a quarter of a century as an...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Caçada Noturna
With his fourth solo album for the Swedish label, the Afro-Brazilian minstrel from Salvador reinforces a decade-long recording relationship and...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
