Reviews
Vida
At 92, Portuondo is now older than Compay Segundo was when the original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Parranda La Cruz
Based in Lyon, Parranda La Cruz are a vocal and percussion quartet founded by the two female voices, Venezuelan expatriate...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
L’Orchestre National Mauritanien
A never-before-released record of a once-famous, almost-forgotten group who were the progenitors of their very own style: this album is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Passages and Partings
For their first offering as a married duo, Verch & Walters have assembled a garland of gorgeous tunes which showcase...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023
Le Cri du Caire
This trans-continental collaboration has had a lengthy gestation. It began with a 2013 performance by Egyptian singer and poet Abdullah...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2023
Carry Them With Us
Chaimbeul's richly experimental new album sits perfectly in Glitterbeat's almost always excellent catalogue of outlier artists from world music traditions;...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
dragonchild
As leader for US group Debo Band, DA Mekonnen mined his ancestral heritage to deliver a spirited and tasteful update...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2023
Landscape Traces: New Music For Khaen, Vol Two
The khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ played by ethnic Laotians in Laos and Northeast Thailand. Performed solo, or...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023
