Reviews
Pepito y Paquito
Many albums are ballyhooed for their ‘historic’ significance. Most are truly significant only as gap-fillers on the shelves of completist...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
La Retreta Mayor
Originally released in 1976 on Discomoda, this Venezuelan ten-piece founded by guitarist Alex Rodríguez transports you straight back to a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Parranda La Cruz
Based in Lyon, Parranda La Cruz are a vocal and percussion quartet founded by the two female voices, Venezuelan expatriate...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
La Vendange
La Très Illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir
This weird and wonderful project is the brainchild of three Dutch musicians – Marijn de Valk, Rik Bosch and Daan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
La Colère de la Boue
Charkha's second outing, La Colère de la Boue (The Anger of Mud), explores our complex, emotional connection to the natural...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: May/2019
La Barra de Chocolate
If the last three decades have seen world music celebrate diversity and ethnicity, there was a period around the late...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2012
La BOA Meets Tony Allen
This is at least the sixth album to feature the irresistible rhythms of Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen since his death...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
Viento y Marea
Jazz and flamenco are niche genres that have had towering peaks yet are currently in troughs in terms of both...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014
Out in La La Land
Martha Spencer is from deep in the Appalachian folk tradition. So deep that she lives on top of a lonely...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue:
La Voix de la Passion
Three elements compete in La Voix de la Passion, an intriguing CD by Damascus conservatory graduates Waed Bouhassoun and Moslem...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
