Reviews
Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo y los Alaracosos
Ten years after their debut, Peru’s Los Chapillacs are back, and their sound has hardly changed. Which is a great...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Reclusive Rituals
In his first album for Batov Records, Tel Aviv-based jazz bassist Shay Hazan takes his sound in a different direction....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2022
L’Ultime Concert
Astor Piazzolla with Manos Hadjidakis and the Orchestre Athénien des Couleurs
Originally released in 1996 (as Bandoneón Sinfónico), this ‘last concert’ album is now appearing, according to the French-only album notes,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Ansonia Years 1969-71
Arguably the star of Vampisoul's collection Saoco!, percussionist Rafael Cortijo is now heard here on his own compilation. The album...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2016
Meråkerklarinetten: Traditional Norwegian Clarinet Tunes from Trøndelag
Bjørn Aksdal and Geir Egil Larsen
Norwegian fiddles have taken up a fair few column inches recently, with so many excellent young fiddlers releasing some fine...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Riû
After a very promising debut album, produced by Argentinian musician Gustavo Santaolalla (leader of Bajofondo Tango Club), Cuca Roseta looked...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar
While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2020
Beneath Our Humble Soil
The Willows, a five-piece band from Cambridge, came together in 2010. They’ve been busy in clubs all over the UK,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2013
On a Good Day
After a seven-year hiatus, Belgian flute player Yves Barbieux returns as part of Polk Trio, bringing together his flute and...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2023
La Mujer Que Yo Quiero
The story of how Israeli singer and guitarist David Broza's new album La Mujer Que Yo Quiero came about is...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023
