Reviews
El Violento
‘El Violento’? Julio Ernesto Estrada, aka Fruko, who ran for Colombia’s senate in 2013? One hopes not. The veteran of...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Guajirando
Mito and Comadre (both noms de guerre: ‘myth’ and ‘midwife’) hail from Venezuela, but moved to Bogotá, Colombia in the...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
A Flor de Piel
The contribution and influence of Colombians and a new generation of Anglo-Colombians to the development of Latin music in the...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot + Ra)
One of the most enigmatic figures in jazz, whose musical legacy and Afrofuturistic mythology stretched way beyond genre limits, this...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Yoyi
Launching the Brighton-based label’s new Cuban Classic Series comes this curio from 1977, originally released on the Areito subsidiary of...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Britadeira
This seasoned Brazilian musician and producer’s first solo album seems designed to divide opinion but challenge indifference. The minimalist minute-long...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
The Three Seasons of the Andes – Kimsa Pachanka
The Aymara herders of Bolivia refer to three annual seasons: Lupi Pacha (dry season), Jallu Pacha (rainy season) and Thaya...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Okantomi
In recent years Cuba’s Santería religion, a vigorous survival of West African religious practices reconstituted as Catholic adoration of the...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Sin Fronteras
Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices
Two-time Latin Grammy award-winner Mireya Ramos has released her second album, Sin Fronteras, co-produced with Beau Bledsoe, founder/director of chamber...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Pata de Perra
Laso, a key figure in contemporary Argentine tango, teams up with producer Aldo ‘Macha’ Asenjo of Chilean cumbia outfit Chico...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
