Reviews

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Néktar

Ava Rocha

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Empire Electric

No-No Boy

The new album, Empire Electric, from No-No Boy, the alter ego of rogue folklorist Julian Saporiti, dives into Southeast Asian...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Switched On

Pachyman

Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public

The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

La Gran Diversión

Roberto Fonseca

Out beyond the Buena Vista Social Club there is a piano. Roberto Fonseca will meet you there. Having stoked his...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Ojinga’s Own

Yoruba Singers

Formed in 1971 and still going strong with Eze Rockcliffe remaining at the helm, Yoruba Singers were first among equals...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Pan

Grupo Pan

Fans of Venezuelan rock (and there should be more) will be eager to snap up this long out-of-print jewel, originally...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Habana-Bahia

Yilian Cañizares

The cities of Havana and Salvador are widely regarded as epicentres of Afro-Latin musical culture – at the head of...

Reviewed in issue November/2023