Reviews
De Mar y Río
How rough and ready do you want your roots music? From a small town on the Pacific coast of Colombia...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019
La Alianza Profana
There is little difference between the way Dengue Dengue Dengue! make music and the way A Guy Called Gerald or...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2013
La Route Intérieure
For 20 years, producer, composer and instrumentalist Xavier Demerliac has been creating concept albums as L’Attirail. His records are influenced...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Tinta y Tiempo
Uruguayan songwriter Jorge Drexler’s first album in five years shares many-hued stories of love and lust with classic Drexlerian poetic...
Reviewed by Catalina Maria Johnson in issue: June/2022
Se Nou Ki La!
The word hardcore is often applied to denote a style that contains a strong message. Se Nou Ki La! is...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Viaje a la Amistad: La Habana, Paris, Caracas
Gérard Naulet, Orlando Valle, Orlando Poleo & Friends
The trope of a viaje a la amistad – a ‘journey to friendship’ – is integral to Latin American music,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
De Tierra y Oro
Know how to hum a huayno, a lando, a saya? Sofia Rei does. Born in Argentina and resident in New...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2013
Air Fàir an Là
The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
La Guitarra: Mi Vida
Juan Martín & Chaparro de Málaga
A sometime collaborator with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Juan Martín is one of the most versatile flamenco guitarists currently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Mara la Fatìa
Translating as ‘working is hard and bitter,’ Mara la Fatìa is this outstanding Salento musician’s second solo CD. Castrignanò debuted...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
