Reviews
Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Ginga is a kind of football-specific Brazilian equivalent of ‘mojo,’ which the national team seem to have lost during the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Brasilianos 2
This is one of those albums on which you can’t help but be impressed by the virtuoso musician¬ship. Bandleader Hamilton...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Antifogmatic
Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Salsa Salsa
‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Buenos Aires: Une Nuit de Tango
Like many low-budget compilations, this 37-track album is sourced from a limited number of artists, featuring six tracks each from...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
L'Ésprit Créole
With just a few years of performing and a handful of recordings behind him, Cedric Watson has fastened a firm...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Riverboat Soul
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Hailing from Missouri, US, Pokey LaFarge took off at a young age on the open road, hitching rides with anything...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Chasing Sparks
Fine instrumentalists such as the fiddler Jeremy Kittel will sound good even when the material they're playing isn't quite worthy...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Mambo Loco
Aníbal Velasquez y su Conjunto
In the delightful, if fanciful, film The Motorcycle Diaries, one of the most memorable scenes is one in which Che's...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Can't You Hear the Mountains Calling
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys feat Charlie Sizemore
From the time he formed the original Clinch Mountain Boys with his brother Carter Stanley, while bluegrass music was in...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
