Reviews
Peru: Folklore and Mythology
There is something quite bizarre about the presentation of these field recordings, made in Lima, Puno, Cuzco, Ay a cucho...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Feast of the Hunters’ Moon
Is there something about the sometimes torpid climate of the north-western US that informs the approach of some of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Leave Your Sleep
The former 10,000 Maniacs singer signed to Nonesuch last year, and her first album in seven years is an ambitious,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Rough Guide to Salsa Divas
Asked to name 15 Latin divas, most people will stop at Celia Cruz. The album opens with a classic, and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91
Another delivery of surprises from the vaults of the Palenque (Bogota) and Soundway (London) labels bring more mid-20th century Colombian...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
El Chango: The Very Best Of
Chango Spasiuk’s grandparents emig¬rated from the Ukraine to Misiones, a rural region of bright green forests, vivid red earth and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Lero-Lero
São Paulo seems to be producing dozens of smoky, smoochy women singers at the moment. Only Céu and Mariana Aydar...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Havana Central
London’s jazz scene is teeming with talented musicians long overdue their dues. The 20-piece genre-hopping outfit Sunlight Square Combo is...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Que Beleza
Another summer, another Ipanemas album, and if the British weather stays anything like as sweet as Que Beleza sounds, a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
