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Review of Indestructible

Indestructible

Diego El Cigala

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

The brassy, bouncing opening bars of ‘Moreno Soy’, the first track of Indestructible, will make flamenco fans’ hearts pound to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017

Review of Vocês Querem Mate?

Vocês Querem Mate?

Piri

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Vocês Querem Mate? is the latest instalment in Far Out's ongoing resurrection of the catalogue on Roberto Quartin's long-buried record...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2017

Review of Sway

Sway

Gérald Toto

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

Gérald Toto has kept us waiting seven years for a new solo album. The French-Antillean multi-instrumentalist does not disappoint with...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: November/2018

Review of Laughter Out of Tears

Laughter Out of Tears

Moira Smiley & Voco

Whim Records

Rating: ★★★

Moira Smiley has cemented her status as a musical polyglot with her latest release alongside her female choir Voco. Not...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of The Woman at the End of the World

The Woman at the End of the World

Elza Soares

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★★

Elza Soares has been one of Brazil's most controversial samba singers ever since her career began in the late 1950s,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2016

Review of The Age of Aquarius

The Age of Aquarius

Yīn Yīn | YĪN YĪN

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★

There have been a lot of releases in recent years by European acts incorporating Asian pop and even traditional instrumentation...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2022

Review of Cumbia Siglo XXI

Cumbia Siglo XXI

Meridian Brothers

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Tilham

Tilham

Blowzabella

Blowzabella

Rating: ★★★

Forty-five years and counting, with this their 14th album, Blowzabella are an institution of the English folk revival to stand...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023

Review of Linyera

Linyera

Melingo

World Village

Rating: ★★★★★

Buenos Aires is fortunate to have both a popular musical form - tango - that has survived the demise of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014

Review of Salvavidas de Hielo

Salvavidas de Hielo

Jorge Drexler

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018

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