Reviews
The Original Sound of Cumbia
These two generous CDs of Colombian cumbia, remastered from 78s, 45s and 33rpm LPs, are glorious. The subtitle, The History...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Rumba Argelina
When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia
Cumbia is one o f Colombia’s greatest exports, spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas from the 1960s onwards. Back in...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Rebelión Tropical: The Very Best of Fruko & Joe Arroyo
These tremendous songs from the Colombian legends – bass player, percussionist, producer and song-writer, Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincon (aka Fruko)...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2011
Pesebre
For all its pedigree, contemporary music from Argentina can be a little predictable. As modern tangueros like Orquesta Típica Fernández...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Right Combination
Joel Savoy, Jesse Lege & the Cajun Country Revival
Joel Savoy (pronounced the Cajun French way, ‘Joelle Savoie’) has become a central figure in the ‘Acadian Uprising’, a second-generation...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: July/2011
Everybody Wants to Be Like Mary
Scottish folk music is no stranger to electronica – going back to the original ‘techno piper’, the late Martyn Bennett...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Lagon Nwar
Together with Valentin Ceccaldi (bass, cello) and Quentin Biardeau (saxophone), both musical improvisers, composers and producers, and Marcel Balboné (Burkinabé...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: June/2025
