Reviews
The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music
Working this time in Lima, Peru, this album from the Just Play project – accompanied by a webisode for each...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Curao
Quantic has been working with Nidia Góngora since 2011. The Colombian singer and Grupo Canalón de Timbiqui bandleader has popped...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2017
Fado Camões
The artist known as LINA_ is a fado singer with an exquisite voice and a love of experimentation. She won...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Our Latin Thing
This special edition package celebrates the 40th anniversary of a very special night. On Thursday August 26 1971, the stellar...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
É Ferro Na Boneca!
Whenever you see ‘new’ on a college, bridge or pub you know it's pretty ancient. Same goes for ‘novos’ when...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Force of the Wind
SOYUZ, which translates as ‘Union’ is a creative collective from Belarus, and this third album is definitely true to the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2022
A Tiempo Real
Poetry ripples through this album of traditional Spanish songs from Toledo-based ensemble Vigüela. It's in the song titles – ‘The...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
Hirondelle
Hirondelle is an unlikely cohort of Northumbrian, Scottish and Provençal musicians with a just as improbable fascination for the Occitan...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2024
Autopoiética
Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte believes her latest work is also her best. The title refers to an entity’s capability to...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2024
I’d Understand You if I Knew What You Meant
This, the sixth album from Craobh Rua, proves to be the most sophisticated offering yet from the Belfast-based quintet. It’s...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2014
