Reviews
Metamorfoses, Riddims e Afins
BNegão is known for his vocal work primarily with stoned rap-rockers Planet Hemp and his own band Seletores de Frequência....
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Las Últimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra
There’s a moment on this album, during the song ‘Cantores que Reflexionan’ (Singers Who Reflect), where the listener is held...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Juyungo: Afro-Indigenous Music from the Northwestern Andes
In the Ecuadorian city and surrounding region of Esmeraldas, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, and Indigenous peoples such...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Entre Tus Flores
Miramar – Reinaldo ‘Rei’ Alvarez, Laura Ann Singh and Marlysse Simmons – are a Puerto Rican-US trio specialising in bolero,...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Black Woman & Child (2024 Remix)
Miguel Collins, far better known as Sizzla, played an intriguing role in reggae history. He began recording in the late...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
We Are the Keepers
Maybe it’s the feeling of hopelessness that’s enveloped the US right now, or the sense of impending dread as a...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Pacifico
Robin Layne & The Rhythm Makers
The Pacific coast is this congenial album’s common denominator: percussionist, composer and educator Robin Layne is based around Vancouver and...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
The Hell of Helene: Songs for Appalachian Relief
Helene was hell, alright. The deadliest inland hurricane in US history cut a catastrophic path through six southeastern states from...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
we will be wherever the fires are lit
Guitarist Dorji came to Asheville, North Carolina from Bhutan, over two decades ago, and his improvising style retains Eastern qualities,...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings
Basho was an unconventional and singular 12-string guitarist, an outsider whose music remains uniquely beguiling. Often dubbed the ‘Father of...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
