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Review of The Roots of Chicha II

The Roots of Chicha II

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

I imagine a lot of Peruvian women have enjoyed dancing on the dance floor to the female singer of Manzanita...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos

Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos

Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar

Galileo

Rating: ★★★

Acho Estol is one of Argentina's leading contemporary tango lights, best known for his performances with his band La Chicana,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Great Expectation

Great Expectation

The Jolly Boys

Wall of Sound

Rating: ★★

A folk style with ensemble vocals, banjo and distinct African percussion, mento was Jamaica's leading style from the 1920s onwards,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Tande-la

Tande-la

Creole Choir of Cuba

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

Observant musical tourists in Cuba have long noted the colourful undercurrent of Haitian folklore in the cabarets and dance troupes,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa

DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente NSCD121

Rating: ★★★

Hardcore salseros will be twirling for joy at the news of the release of 100% Salsa, a sprawling collection of...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Aguilas and Cobras

Aguilas and Cobras

Brownout

Six Degrees Records 6570361162

Rating: ★★★

Stateside Latin funk often comes with psychedelic guitar chords, sexy vocals, big slabs of Yankee rock weirdness, and hot rhythms...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of La Peña

La Peña

Santaires, El Filón & Roberto Caldo

Winter & Winter 910 163-2

Rating: ★★

While the city of Buenos Aires boasts a couple of dedi¬cated FM tango music channels, its province – a huge...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Minas Terra

Minas Terra

Anne Simoni

Cambuka CP0010

Rating: ★★★

A native of Brazil’s Minas Gerais, Philadelphia-based Anne Simoni follows in some seriously venerable footsteps, citing the likes of Milton...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Cumbia Beat Vol 1

Cumbia Beat Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul VAMPICD116

Rating: ★★★★

Peru had a sizzling, cosmopolitan music scene in the 1960s and 70s, when shifting nationalist politics, coupled with huge rural...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Review of Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Preservation Hall Recordings PHJB01

Rating: ★★★★

Preservation matches a wildly diverse collection of 20 well-known performers (The Blind Boys of Alabama, Angélique Kidjo, Merle Haggard and...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

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