Reviews
More Miles Than Money: the Soundtrack to Garth Cartwright's Book
Garth Cartwright is fast becoming one of the most intriguing and readable music writers in the UK, his upbringing in...
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Sin Rumba No Hay Son
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro
Does any other country of musicians celebrate the history of their music and its incredible creativity quite like the Cubans...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Seu Jorge and Almaz
This covers album is a radical departure from a standard Seu Jorge samba-funk album and those expecting the swinging, soulful...
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Timeless
Bob Wills, the arguable progenitor of Western Swing, made effective use of three fiddlers (Wills himself being one of them,...
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Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!
From the CDs released outside Brazil, people would be forgiven for thinking that today's Brazilians listen to nothing but 70s...
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Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)
It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...
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Tricota
Electronic tango is in a decadent but decisive phase. As the fad falls away, a few bands have managed to...
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Estática
The original bossa nova playboy is back and firing on all cylinders for his fourth and probably best album to...
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Dubber Side Of The Moon
Whether it's well-lubricated rednecks taking the tools of bluegrass to the songs of AC/DC or Frencheasy-listening sophisticates smoothing the corners...
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Pesebre
For all its pedigree, contemporary music from Argentina can be a little predictable. As modern tangueros like Orquesta Típica Fernández...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
