Reviews

Rêve du Troubadour

Louis Michot

Given his status as the fiddle player and vocalist for the Grammy-winning Los Bayou Ramblers, no one would have blamed...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Vidrio

Titanic

If the notion of Mexican jazz is fairly obscure to Western ears, it’s not until ‘Hotel Elizabeth’, the final track...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Madres

Sofia Kourtesis

The title of this Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s debut album translates as ‘Mothers’. It’s dedicated to both her mother and the...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Guajiro Sonero

José Alberto ‘El Ruiseñor’

José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Valses Para Perros

Ceviche Mixto

The Evo Morales era in Bolivia brought with it a re-evaluation of Indigenous cultural values, ranging across languages, architecture, fashion...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Rural

Kaifo

Dressed in a beige 70s suit and dark, orange-tinted sunglasses, Kaifo (aka Carlos Asimbaya) stares out intensely from a background...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Strata

El Búho

Along with a memorable roll call of musicians/producers from the UK, El Búho has fallen in love with Latin America,...

Reviewed in issue December/2023

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Néktar

Ava Rocha

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed in issue November/2023