Reviews
Magic Fire
Unlike previous Stray Birds recordings, Magic Fire is mostly devoid of anything especially magical or combustible. Produced – or, more...
Reviewed in issue November/2016
Echo en México
In 1970s Peru, the cumbia beat from Colombia was given a psychedelic makeover thanks to raw electric guitars and Farfisa...
Reviewed in issue November/2016
Argentum
Many books and articles have been written about the tortuous relationship between Buenos Aires and its rural hinterland. US-based but...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Give & Receive
The husband-and-wife Americana duo of Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry, both of whom sing and play acoustic guitar, are assured...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Wondrous Traveler
In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Discover Music From Brazil
There's plenty of music on this 18-track compilation, but surely only the entirely uninitiated could regard much of it as...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Habana Dreams
A conguero who sings, rather well, Pedrito Martinez has been building a reputation on the New York Latin music scene...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Samba Esquema Novo ‘de Novo’
She's her mother's daughter, all right. Her voice may not yet be the national treasure that Joyce Moreno's has become,...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Coxsone's Music 2: The Sound of Young Jamaica
This fabulous double CD (or triple-vinyl) set gathers 41 recordings from the dawn of the ska era: 1960-62. All the...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
