Reviews
La Estrella
Argentina's Chancha Vía Circuito transitioned from being a pioneer of digital cumbia in all its raw, urban, bone-shaking glory to...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Mamarron Vol 1
Mamarron Vol 1 aims to present a modern day representation of the Colombian tropical music scene, playfully dubbed ‘millennial cumbia’....
Reviewed in issue December/2022
YTILAER
Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest saw his writing point its focus inwards and take on the enormity of...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition
In 1965, Who's That Knocking? by Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard demolished forever a de facto gender barrier within the...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Pelerinaj
Vodou priest, actor, singer and choreographer Erol Josué spent two decades living in Paris and New York before returning home...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Ritual
Right in the middle of the rock-jazz-Latin Venn diagram there's a sweet spot reserved for Santana. Many have tried to...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Wonderland
The first thing that hits you is the voice. Bright, clear, high-pitched, as sharply faceted as polished amethyst, tinged with...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
De Repente
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies have unearthed a pair of rare Latin jazz albums by a Venezuelan pianist, part...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition)
Eliades Ochoa | Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro Almenares
A new record by the greatest living exponent of eastern Cuban traditional son, showcasing again his unmistakeable nasal guajiro voice...
Reviewed in issue December/2022
