Reviews
Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol
Veteran Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, one of the most prolific and well-respected of South American artists, returns here with a...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2023
Terra Boa
This debut album from London bassist, composer and bandleader Jonny Wickham presents a heartfelt love letter to Afro-Brazilian rhythmic traditions....
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2023
Ballads of Seduction, Fertility and Ritual Slaughter
Curated by Ned Netherwood and commemorating the 50th anniversary of seminal folk horror film The Wicker Man, Ballads of Seduction,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
Molende
Sticking true to the experimentalism of Nyege Nyege Tapes’ releases, Titi Bakorta’s debut album, Molende, gathers vastly distinct soundscapes and...
Reviewed by Nick Hann in issue: November/2023
Switched On
Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2023
La Novia
An album of Sephardic and traditional songs from Puglia’s La Cantiga de la Serena, a trio made up of Fabrizio...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2023
Un Nuevo Amanecer
Pedro Ricardo & Damián Botigué
A debut collaboration from Spain that fuses tradition with modern ‘broken beat’ Latin music. Pedro Ricardo, originally from Portugal, and...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2023
Glimmer
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland
Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2023
