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Review of Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio

Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio

Myrddin

Zephyrus Records

Rating: ★★★

So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020

Review of A la Manera Artesana

A la Manera Artesana

Vigüela

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Spanish folk has a quality perfect for our times: the ability to wail, complain and lament and, at the same...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022

Review of El Mito de la Pérgola

El Mito de la Pérgola

Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna

Top of the World

Petit Indie

Rating: ★★★★

If any musician is going to reconfigure the airy strangeness of Andean music, Chilean singer Pascuala Ilabaca might be the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018

Review of La Onda Vampi

La Onda Vampi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012

Review of C’est La Vie

C’est La Vie

Khaled

Universal

Rating: ★★

Many listeners admired the king of rai’s last couple of albums, notably Liberté, which heard his characterful voice unchained from...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2013

Review of La Próxima Traición

La Próxima Traición

Ben & Winnie

Tanguero

Rating: ★★★

Tango has always reflected society – especially Buenos Aires’ urban society, but also, at various times, that of Paris, New...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020

Review of Flamenco: Pasado y Presente

Flamenco: Pasado y Presente

Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

The songs on Argentinian producer and guitarist Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde’s new album are mostly originals, but much emphasis is made...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/September/2022

Review of La Noche Más Larga

La Noche Más Larga

Buika

Warner

Rating: ★★★★

As the sultry faux-40s black and white photo on the CD cover might suggest, Buika has changed direction on her...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

Review of A Moss'!

A Moss'!

La Mòssa

La Curieuse

Rating: ★★★★

La Mòssa – ‘The Movement’ – refers to the café-chantant scene of Naples in the 1920s and describes the alluring...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: December/2019

Review of Consciente y Positiva

Consciente y Positiva

Paco Mendoza

Chusma Records

Rating: ★★★

If there was ever an artistwho encompassed the whole global reach of cumbia music, Paco Mendoza would be it. Born...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2011

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