Reviews
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
Gagok, Pungnyu III
This is a beautifully packaged atmospheric recording, but one that may take some getting used to. The gagok repertoire, protected...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2012
Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians
The heavy clacking of the qaraqab (iron castanets) and the hypnotising melodies of the gimbri (three-stringed lute) make it easy...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2011
Pesme iz Jasenovca (Songs from Jasenovac)
‘Emergency ethnomusicology,’ as they call it, is a set of urgent interventions needing to be taken to record or preserve...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2017
Nueva Era
In Cuba it's all about a nueva era right now. With Fidel Castro convalescing, his younger brother Raúl rubbing shoulders...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
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
Ema Yazurlo y Quilombo Sonoro
Buenos Aires has long been a special musical melting pot, with the influences of Europe and the US vying with...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
#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
Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Hidden Waters showcases the cream of Rio de Janeiro's thriving music scene, moving between samba, bossa nova, Candomblé, jazz and...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2023
