Reviews
La Giostra
Kërkim (Albanian for ‘Research’) is an Apulian five-piece outfit augmented with a few guests. The result might be wrongly filed...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2021
Tradición, Arte y Pasión
Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi music is a litmus test of inner joy; people who don’t like it probably don’t like beer, sex or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015
A LA SALA
The Texas-based trio of bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald ‘DJ’ Johnson Jr and guitarist Marko Speer may be best...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Y Su Descarga Internacional
US producer Bosq has been making tropical bass since the early 2010s, regularly working with musicians from Africa and the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego
Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024
Aguajes de Mar y Manglar
Taking inspiration from the mystic waters of the Naya, Yurumanguí and Achincayá rivers, Aguajes de Mar y Manglar (Marshes and...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2023
La Guinéenne
Youssou N’Dour might be still defined by ‘Seven Seconds’, his 1994 smash hit with Neneh Cherry, had he not gone...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2012
La Porte de Félicité
Kudsi Erguner & Doulce Mémoire
This collaboration is led by Kudsi Erguner, the renowned master of the ney (Middle Eastern flute) and veteran of countless...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013
Arriva la Banda!
The music of Salento’s BandAdriatica is redolent of endless voyages around the winding Adriatic Sea on a ship where different...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2013
