Reviews
Tukaluguti
For years, I held up Inuit accordion music as the least-known folk music in the world. There were very few...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
One Mississippi
Polished but never bland, infusing even the darkest stories with determined hope and beats that get you more than ready...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
O Que Mais Você Quer Saber De Mim
How can this Bahian folk-MPB songwriter differentiate himself from his contemporaries on his second album, when there are many others...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Magic Accident
It’s time to start leaving out the “all-female band” tag when referring to Della Mae. While their critical role as...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Galaxia Tropical
This is Analog Africa’s eagerly anticipated second volume of works by Jorge Raúl Llerena Vásquez, the legendary cumbia singer and...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Working in Wood
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Don’t get me wrong: this album’s fine. It’s well-played, pleasant to listen to and seems to have its heart in...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Sun Gonna Shine
Chiefly now remembered – if at all – for his 1930s work with Tommy Johnson, here Roosevelt Holts proves himself...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Legado
Over some 32 years and 17 albums, this 12-piece globe-trotting Puerto Rican outfit has built a formidable live reputation, delivering...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Nineteen Seventy Seven
A second lost album of jazz fusion recorded during the military dictatorship by the ever-influential Grupo Um. Expanding from a...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
Vitamina Y
Described by Chucho Valdés no less as “a virtuoso”, the Switzerland-based, Cuban-born singer and violinist’s album, Erzulie, received five stars...
Reviewed in issue April/2026
