Reviews
Havana Classic
One day someone should write a feature on music tourism – me perhaps! By this, I mean groups of Brits...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
El Espacio Entre
Raül Refree is an acclaimed producer and collaborator, sought after by artists as diverse as Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Ricky...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2023
Super Son
Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo
Despite the name of Cuban trombonist Torres’ band (‘Something New’), 50 years later these 1977 cuts can’t help but sound...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: September/2024
Cuba: Son, Bolero, Son-Cruzado & Bolero-Son
This particular familia hail from in and around Cuba's first capital, Santiago, in the Oriente region. Their mixed-race ancestry includes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2017
Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984
Now this is a compilation to be treasured. Maloya is the roots music of La Réunion, a diasporic African mix...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017
A New Tango Songbook
Ostensibly, this is an unlikely combination. In the red corner: Christoph Müller from Switzerland and Eduardo Makaroff of Argentina, two...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2015
El Fabuloso Sonido De Andrés Vargas Pinedo
The Peruvian Amazon was a hotbed of music in the 60s and 70s, but this collection makes it clear that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
SOL
Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos | Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos
Monsalve may be based in Paris but he learned his craft playing post-rock, avant-jazz-funk and Afro-Venezuelan music in Caracas and...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
Lanbousir
Lanbousir (L’Emb-ouchure) is Christine Salem’s fourth album of studio-recorded compositions in the traditional maloya style, for voice and percussion ensemble....
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Apr/May/2011
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
