Reviews
Rey Loj
Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
Maison de Pierres: Confiné Aux Voyages
Atmospheric, exploratory and stark, Maison de Pierres is the second release in a trilogy of recordings by Le Vent du...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021
20 Printemps
Le Vent du Nord | Le Vent Du Nord
Le Vent Du Nord have been together for 20 years, and this, their 11th album, marks that anniversary. Calling it...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2022
Il Sesto Continente
La Banda di Piazza Caricamento
Though based in Genoa, La Banda di Piazza Caricamento is only Italian by location. The 12 members represent 12 nationalities...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida
The tireless and protean Eblis Álvarez is back in another form. The Meridian Brothers artist hitches up with Mario Galeano...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Vivo
It is no surprise that this band formed around three Colombian percussionists, because nearly every track has at its core...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2014
Fanfare Latino Roots
If the French name of this largely Colombian brass banda seems odd, you should know they’re a group of more...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2015
Moçambique
Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Copperdollar: The Back of Beyond
This is the work of DJ Marc Stylus, resident disc spinner with the freaky immersive theatre company Copperdollar. Emerging out...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
