Reviews
Chicha Por Favor Vol 1 – Grooves from El Volcán: The Heartbeat of Peruvian Cumbia
These grooves constitute a limited-edition LP of ten tracks from the El Volcán label recorded during the 70s and 80s....
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Nací Mestizo
Intertextuality is not a common word to introduce a review of dance music, but it is everywhere in this second...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Armageddon in a Sunny Dress
According to Sunny War, the music on Armageddon in a Sunny Dress, her follow-up to 2023’s Anarchist Gospel, partly stems...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Niebla
From Medellín to Montréal… Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Alexander Betancur moved from his native Colombia to Canada in 2005. Since then,...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Loudon Live in London
An excellent overview of the six-decade-long career of one of America’s preeminent (and funniest) troubadours. Recorded during a three-night stand...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Viaje Sideral
A member of the UK/Colombian Mestizo project, El León Pardo plays the kuisi and other ancient Colombian flutes, as well...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Tempestuoso
Tempestuoso is the infectious second album from Tio Chorinho, Canada’s first ensemble dedicated to choro music. While this Brazilian style...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
High Horse
If beautiful, genre-melding compositions that blur the lines between bluegrass, roots, jazz and chamber music performed by a group of...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Morir Cantando
At 25 minutes, this album may be somewhat sparse, but the Afro-Colombian music within is riveting, intense and sure to...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
