Reviews
Mon Péi
After releasing their first physical album at the end of last year, the quintet from La Réunion have now gone...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Ar Lagad-Bleiz
Breton dance quartet Spontus are renowned for the proficiency of their playing. In their music, violin, bass, acoustic guitar and...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: August/2025
Mamá África
As one of Félix Baloy’s Cuban Son All Stars, Julio Montoro knows how to surround himself with class. On the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Club Coco
Compiled by Mexican DJ Coco María, this collection shows off a glorious vision for contemporary Latin American music. Coco, currently...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Ritmos Queridos
Based in France, where he organises Marseille's annual Tambory Canto Latin music festival at the Cité de la Musique, Simon...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2020
Buenos Aires: Une Nuit de Tango
Like many low-budget compilations, this 37-track album is sourced from a limited number of artists, featuring six tracks each from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Yo Amanecí
Since his death in 2000, the reputation of Andrés Landero has continued to grow, both in Colombia and around the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
reTORNAR
If you worry that a voice and a double bass might be too frugal fare, no need. Catalan singer, Magalí...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Ti Galé
Ti Galé is an album of exuberant solo accordion music by René Lacaille, venerable master of sega, the dance music...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2025
Sirventés: Occitan Protest Songs
Manu Théron, Youssef Hbeisch & Grégory Dargent
Those familiar with the recordings by the Marseille group Lo Còr de la Plana over the past decade will recognise...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
