Reviews
Fio da Memória
Maita's 2010 debut, while pleasant enough, gave little indication of the innovative experimentation of this, its follow-up. Early last year...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Carretero
Cándido Fabré has proved himself time and again to be one of Cuba's best living soneros. He first attracted...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
El Changüí Majadero
Changüí music hails from the recently hurricane-ravaged area of Baracoa in Cuba's easterly Guantanamo province: it is a graceful, Caribbean-soaked...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Dedication to Sylvia Rexach
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Sylvia Rexach was the face of her island's first all-female combo, Las Damiselas, back in the 1950s....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Songs of Struggle & Hope
The veteran Mexican singer-guitarist Lira graduated from fieldwork to songwriting in 1965, championing Chicano equality via theatre and music, while...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Real Rio
As much as I’m reluctant to begin a review of a Brazilian compilation with a football metaphor; this double-CD really...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Cool
For most artists, the obligatory Tin Pan Alley standards album usually coincides with their qualification for a free bus pass....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Gaita na Fábrica: Sounds from the Squeezebox Factory
The fábrica – as in factory – of the title refers to a physical space in Porto Alegre where Borghetti...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane
Oh what a gem this package is, containing a 47-minute DVD of a documentary shot in rural Louisiana in the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
