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Review of Callejera

Callejera

La Perla

Top of the World

Mambo Negro Records

Rating: ★★★★

La Perla have established themselves so insidiously into the fabric of contemporary Colombian music that it’s hard to believe this...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Recalentados

Recalentados

Los Amparito

Fuego Amigo Discos

Rating: ★★★★

We know that Los Amparito, the project of Mexican producer Carlos Pesina Siller, is playful because a) Los Amparito is...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of While You Were Slumbering

While You Were Slumbering

Joseph Decosimo

Top of the World

Sleepy Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Tradisyon

Tradisyon

Wesli

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

This is a collection of traditional Haitian songs modernised with skill and sensitivity by Montréal-based singer and multi-intrumentalist, Wesli. It’s...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Pascale LeBlanc

Pascale LeBlanc

Rating: ★★★

Although born in Montréal, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pascale LeBlanc grew up in Haiti, her mother’s homeland. Her songs reflect much...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Fandango at the Wall in New York

Fandango at the Wall in New York

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Tiger Turn

Rating: ★★★

Mexican-American composer, pianist and activist Arturo O’Farrill says it’s his mission to ‘unite people through the power of profoundly moving...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Brooklyn-Cumaná

Brooklyn-Cumaná

Jorge Glem & Sam Reider

Guataca Nights

Rating: ★★★

New York has long been the hub of Latin-Saxon musical collaborations. Jorge Clem is a Latin Grammy winner and Grammy-nominated...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Gwandena

Gwandena

Timpana

Sounds and Colours

Rating: ★★★★

Is dilution helpful for diffusion? Are synths and dance beats the best/only way to expand the audience from grey-beards to...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Review of Force of the Wind

Force of the Wind

SOYUZ

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

SOYUZ, which translates as ‘Union’ is a creative collective from Belarus, and this third album is definitely true to the...

Reviewed in issue December/2022

Review of De Todas las Flores

De Todas las Flores

Natalia Lafourcade

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lafourcade's first album of new, original material in seven years shows an artist in command of her many talents but...

Reviewed in issue December/2022

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