Reviews
Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International Vol 3
Henri Debs enjoyed an extraordinary career. Describing himself as “100% Guadeloupean, of Lebanese origin and French nationality”, he was born...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
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Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos | Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos
Monsalve may be based in Paris but he learned his craft playing post-rock, avant-jazz-funk and Afro-Venezuelan music in Caracas and...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Maré Cheia
Musician and anthropologist Meno Del Picchia has managed to combine his academic career with songwriting and music production. He’s explored...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Magnífico Boogaloo
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Another fine compilation to complement Vampisoul’s cumbia collections, Magnífico Boogaloo features a Peruvian take on a genre tailor-made for dancers....
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn
The Mi’kmaw people have lived on the eastern coasts of Canada from New Brunswick to Newfoundland since time immemorial, fishing,...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Vivo en Santo Domingo
Dominican musician Toné Vicioso has roots in bebop and avant-garde music, nurtured while resident in New York during the 70s....
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida
The tireless and protean Eblis Álvarez is back in another form. The Meridian Brothers artist hitches up with Mario Galeano...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Ritual
Links between Cuba and Mexico go back a long time: there is evidence of multiple prehistoric population movements. On Ritual,...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Los Kenya Vol 2
The Venezuelan singer, pianist and bandleader Ray ‘El Loco’ Pérez ran a small combo with a hefty punch. Stretching out...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
