Reviews
Lustuz Laþu Wōþuz Alu
Nordic and Viking culture is currently enjoying a resurgence, not least with the release of big-budget film, The Northman. Which...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2022
Underwater Cairngorms
Mhairi Hall & David de la Haye
A collaboration between composer Mhairi Hall and field recordist David de la Haye, Underwater Cairngorms combines sounds captured from below...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2025
El Rebusque
Mama Julia y los Sonidos Ambulantes
Since La Mojarra Eléctrica disappeared on indefinite hiatus, the world has been calling out for a new group to combine...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2015
Marcha!
This is the third album from the male voice choir from the quartier of La Plaine in Marseille, who go...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
¡Así es… Con salsa
Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena
One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2023
Mango Mangüé
The Vampisoul label is a gem, constantly unearthing surprises, and this fabulous collection rediscovers the Cuban singer– composer El Gran...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2010
Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba
Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
papa JACA
Claudio Kron is a Brazilian percussionist and composer based in the UK, who grew up in Itabuna, a small town...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
Keleketla!
Born out of an encounter between Ruth Daniel of the charity In Place of War and Johannesburg's Keleketla! Library in-house...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Erzulie
Yilian Cañizares’ credentials are impeccable: born in Havana, she mastered violin in Caracas’ El Sistema programme, debuted dashingly at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
