Reviews
Lord of the Desert
‘Dust Devil’, the opening track of Lord of the Desert, is a beguiling piece of downbeat Appalachiana. A familiar melodic...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Mi Mundo
Go looking for music off the beaten Buena Vista track in Havana, and chances are you’ll come across Brenda Navarrete....
Reviewed in issue June/2018
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 in issue June/2018
Orquesta Akokán
Son and salsa are soulful and sultry, but mambo has got the edge when it comes to having a laugh....
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Mabagwe: A Tribute to ‘Los Mayores’
Choral music often raises a question: is it for listening to or for singing along with? This homage to their...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
From Granmaw and Me
These are the last recordings that the American singer and banjo player Hedy West ever made before she died in...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Desde el Infierno
Héctor Guerra sprung to prominence as a member of Pachamama Crew, a hip-hop group from Madrid who railed against the...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
The Prodigal Son
Ry Cooder's first band, back in the 1960s, was called the Rising Sons; here the prodigal comes home by returning...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Illusion & Doubt
Like a backfiring, smoke-belching, fluid-dripping jalopy from a bygone era, The Dead South pop, chuff and wheeze their way across...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
