Reviews

Midnight Alvorada

Pedro Rosa

Swedish label ajabu! must have a good network of scouts. Pedro Rosa is their latest Brazilian discovery, following the likes...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

sramba

Domenico Lancellotti

Coming almost two decades since the three albums that this Brazilian percussionist made as a member of the +2's for...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Baró Drom

Luis de la Carrasca

Baró Drom, meaning ‘great road’ in the Romani language, nods to flamenco's gitano (gypsy) heritage. Granada born singer de la...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A robust and diverse collection of Black roots music in America, this intentionally titled ‘compendium’ of sorts houses an impressive...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

¡Así es… Con salsa

Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena

One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Raixes

Tuzeint

Just a few hours drive south from the Texan border, the Mexican city of Monterrey already has a reputation for...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Agôra

Caixa Cubo

This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Funmilayo

Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra

Formed of 11 black Brazilian women and non-binary people, the Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra began through a collective frustration over the...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Curyman

Rogê

A cursory listen to these 11 tracks suggests a lost classic from the golden age of Música Popular Brasileira. But...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Pafata

¿Who''s the Cuban?

Describing themselves as a ‘Latin rock fusion’ group, ¿Who's the Cuban? are a septet from France's Grand Est region. Since...

Reviewed in issue May/2023