Reviews
Creation
For years this was a real rarity. Recorded back in 1979 by the Jamaican singer Freddie McKay, Creation has been...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
AlCantarAManuel
Mayte Martín made her name in flamenco in her early 20s, winning the coveted La Unión prize back in the...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Mambo Mundial
Chilean band Chico Trujillo have been blasting out raw, festive, gig-friendly cumbia for two decades – a significant milestone they've...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Greatest Hits
This is a compilation to embrace, a beautifully varied album of relatively unknown material by veteran Cuban singer Omara Portuondo....
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2010
Tango 3.0
The release of Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo in 2000 and, a year later, La Revancha del Tango changed the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2010
Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance
Many dodgy compila¬tions of flamenco on CD either feature long-dead or third-rate musicians. But this eclectic sampler by Jan Fairley...
Reviewed by Steve Carr in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Beginner’s Guide to the Caribbean
In a compilation¬exhausted market, do we need yet another Caribbean greatest hits set? The short answer would be no, unless...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Gold Diggers
The 11-strong Lengaïa are a salsa juggernaut, a heavyweight Latin orchestra whose distinctive vocals and signature horn heft – three...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021
Trova
Marta Topferova is an exciting example of a new generation of musician-composers as adept in Caribbean and South American music...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2010
Simply Zouk
The four-CD Simply Zouk, compiled by veteran DJ John Armstrong, charts the development of the French Antillean genre from its...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2015
