Reviews
The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard
Despite the slightly misleading title – many of the artists here are well known in world music circles outside Japan...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: October/2021
A Tiempo
Hailing from Triana, Seville's one time Gypsy quartei and home of classic flamenco, Rosario Guerrero Hernández, aka ‘La Tremendita’, has...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, Guarachas, Boléros et Chansons Jibaras 1940-1960
Long before Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee seduced the diaspora with their very different hybrid pop rhythms, the island of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Chinook Waltz
When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
#NuNairobi
Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Merengue Loco Out of This World Cha Cha
Would-be lawyer Gilberto Calderón broke his leg playing stickball in Spanish Harlem, took up the congas, became Joe Cuba. His...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2016
Garrincha – Estrela Solitária OST
Brazilians have an expansive metaphor for their football team’s enduring 50s icon. Wing legend Manuel Francisco dos Santos, aka Garrincha,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Special Edition Part 1
Since forming in the 1990s, New Zealand soul-dub-electronic outfit Fat Freddy's Drop have steadily built a deserved reputation as one...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2020
