Reviews
Doce Milongas de Amor y un Tango Desesperado
Sometimes it’s hard to hear a song for the first time. That’s certainly the case for me with Delfina Cheb’s...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
Hailing from Quebec, where they formed in 1976, La Bottine Souriante have gone on to sell half a million records...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Despegue
I never thought I'd end up having to reconsider La Chiva Gantiva's debut album as ‘polite’. This is a band...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Corazones and Canciones
Confidently stating Mexican-American music's place within the American Roots tradition, singer La Marisoul has joined with Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs...
Reviewed by Patrick Mcmahon in issue: July/2023
Flexūs
This album was apparently inspired by labyrinths, whether ‘imagined… astronomical… constructed… danced [or] natural …. and especially the mineral labyrinth...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2024
Cavalluccio
Behind Lalala Napoli is the gifted veteran French accordionist and singer François Castiello of former Bratsch fame, who uses the...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2021
Pa mi Gente
As the nephew of the celebrated guitarist Manuel Fernández Molina, better known in flamenco circles as Parrilla de Jerez, Manuel...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
In Sciô Ton
One of Italy's many musical treasures, trallalero is an urban group-harmony singing from Genoa, organised around at least eight singers...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Domino!
The luminous joy of the dance on the album cover — set at the landmark Van Horne viaduct in Montréal...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2024
