Reviews
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
Fania Records: The Latin Sound of New York (1964–1978)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Continuing its celebration of Fania’s 60th birthday, the Craft Latino label has compiled an indisputable 2-LP ‘Best Of’. The gang’s...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Mirante
Inspired by his visits to Brazil, Canadian composer and instrumentalist Storring applies contemporary composition techniques to convey the impressions which...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Saboreando – Pot Full of Soul
The 107th Street Stickball Team
This pick-up outfit featured in Vampisoul’s marvellous retrospective of producer Bobby Marín’s work, We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Going [reviewed...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Arcadia
A remarkable trait of Alison Krauss & Union Station is the consistently sublime nature of the band’s output. It’s been...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
7 Portais
Bergamini may come from an academic background but he has played percussion alongside a wide range of Brazilian artists, from...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Live At Carnegie Hall
Playing live at New York’s Carnegie Hall is a career-crowning moment for Latin American artists, representing global recognition and a...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
Recorded by inmates of Mississippi’s Parchman Prison alongside Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan, this album picks up where 2023’s Some Mississippi...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
