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Review of Actitud Calle

Actitud Calle

Los de Abajo

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

With a Banksy-style graphic on the cover, a photo from the commemorative marchofthe 40th anniversary of the 1968 student massacre...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Cool Head

Cool Head

Georgia Ruth

Bubblewrap Collective

Rating: ★★★★

Wales’ Georgia Ruth wooed all with her voice and harp playing on 2013’s In the Pines, which saw her nominated...

Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: September/2024

Review of 80 Anos

80 Anos

Orquestra Afro-Brasileira

Top of the World

Day Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★

It’s not every day you get semi-legendary Beastie Boys producer/collaborator Mario Caldato Jr digging up a long-lost Afro-Brazilian ensemble from...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Peace Love Ukulele

Peace Love Ukulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Hitchhike

Rating: ★★

With his new catchphrase – ‘if everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place’ – Hawaiian ukulele...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of PUNKU

PUNKU

PUNKU

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the last 12(ish) years Latin American folktronica has moved on from DJs syncing their beats to a cumbia rhythm,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2022

Review of Stepping It Out Again!

Stepping It Out Again!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Veteran Records

Rating: ★★★★

Taken from recordings made by song collector and field-recorder John Howson between 1975 and 2000, this set of 24 songs...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Vem Rei

Vem Rei

Vitto Meirelles

10H10 Records

Rating: ★★★

Rio singer-songwriter Vitto Meirelles’ latest album contains a somewhat unlikely tribute to Michael Jackson in the shape of its title-track,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

Review of Now & Then (Box Set)

Now & Then (Box Set)

Sharon Shannon

The Daisy Label

Rating: ★★★★

Now here’s a brilliant bumper box set. It contains CDs of 12 Sharon Shannon studio albums, including a brand new...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Viva Tu

Viva Tu

Manu Chao

Because Music

Rating: ★★★★★

It has been 17 years since Manu Chao’s last studio album, 2007’s La Radiolina – but then he has never...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024

Review of Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!

Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★

From the CDs released outside Brazil, people would be forgiven for thinking that today's Brazilians listen to nothing but 70s...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

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