Reviews
Guitar Tango: Más Allá
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Mentored by the late bandoneón player and songwriter Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer Martín Alvarado has been plying his plaintive, precisely...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Mechanical Monster
With lots of funk and zing to move all butts to the floor, the Monster Ceilidh Band remind us that...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Jazz Tango
A member of Astor Piazzolla's last quintet, Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler shared the innovator's liking for both classical and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Soaked
Their first album, according to this Brussels-based trio of former street musicians, is all about ‘taking a stance and taking...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2021
The Revelers
High above the swamp of recent recordings by Cajun and zydeco artists, sits The Revelers’ self-produced, debut album, thanks to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013
Casa de Trova: Cuba 50s
A decade or so ago, this album would have been one among dozens. With the decline of the CD trade,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
Je Dis Oui!
Portland, Oregon's self-described ‘little orchestra’ Pink Martini are augmented once again by the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra (who featured on their...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2017
Tides
A collaboration between LA rapper Eligh and Indian sarod player Alam Khan, Tides is the second such album from the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2021
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Barbara (1955-1961)
Sixteen years after the death of one of France’s most prestigious singer-songwriters, Monique Cerf (aka Barbara), this is a typically...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
