Reviews
El Boom Boom
Now here’s a turn up for the books. The indefatigable Tumi Records of Bath has stumbled across a compilation containing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Jazz Is Dead 026
Working together since 1969, the hugely popular musical partnership of Antonio Carlos and Jocafi combines the folk traditions of their...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: May/2026
Político
The Mexican Institute of Sound certainly know how to have a knees-up – in the pot of musical treats is...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Masters of Percussion
This is a compilation of 11 percussion tracks, culled from at least five other percussion discs on the ARC Music...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2010
Palenque Rockers Vol 1
Bogota’s Palenque Records was founded in 1996 by Lucas Silva of Faraon Bantu sound system, alias DJ Champeta-Man, to showcase...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
Heal & Harrow
At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022
The Art of the Lyra
Talented composer-musician Stelios Petrakis emerged from Ross Daly's teaching workshops in 1999. Daly, a Crete resident and multi-instrumentalist had himself...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Dedication to Sylvia Rexach
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Sylvia Rexach was the face of her island's first all-female combo, Las Damiselas, back in the 1950s....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Mariage
The Wau Wau Collectif was formed by Karl-Jonas Winqvist from Sweden with an eclectic group of 20 Senegalese contributors after...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Cabaret of Death
Unfortunately I haven’t yet seen the Polish drama documentary Cabaret of Death, which won a Prix Italia last year. Directed...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
