Reviews
Collab
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Afro-Cuban pianist Rubalcaba and Brazilian mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda combine to play this impeccable hour of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz,...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Paqueando
Diego Amador & José Maria Bandera
Diego Amador is one of a rare breed: a flamenco pianist. Rarer still he is also a cantaor (singer). Highlighting...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Troubadour
Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Jesus Ñ Voltará
Originally released in 2023, this is a new deluxe version to take advantage of the attention it has garnered since...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Tengo un Mustang
Enrique Roberto Tellería was a wild non-conformist in 1960s Peru which sought to sanitise foreign youth music. His rare debut...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Orquesta Olivieri
The second (final) outing of Herbie Olivieri's Nuyorican outfit from 1972. Rooted in New York's salsa sound, there are vibrant...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
J’ai Mal à Mon Folklore
Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the Québécois trio De Temps Antan are back with a new raft of songs and tunes...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
Cimafunk's previous albums, Terapia (Therapy, 2017) and El Alimento (The Nourishment, 2021), present his music as something elemental and Pa’...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Direct-to-Dub
Scientist is one of the iconic producers of Jamaican dub music. In his late teens, he found himself deep in...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
