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Review of Las Fuerzas Almadas

Las Fuerzas Almadas

Dat Garcia

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★

Dat Garcia is the first solo female artist on Buenos Aires’ ZZK Records, which has spearheaded a neo-electro-folk scene in...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Review of Mean Old World

Mean Old World

Gordie Tentrees

Gordie Tentrees

Rating: ★★★

A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of El Aleph/Electroacustica

El Aleph/Electroacustica

Leandro Ragusa

Leandro Ragusa

Rating: ★★

About 20 years ago – as a new cultural nationalism swept through Argentina – tango became cool again, emerging from...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads

Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Elektra

Rating: ★★★★

With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Boula

Boula

Bonga Jean-Baptiste

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Gaston Jean-Baptiste – he prefers ‘Bonga’ – is a Haitian drummer, multi-instrumentalist and painter of vivid, colourful canvasses that capture...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Set Me Free

Set Me Free

Dwayne Dopsie

Louisiana Red Hot Records

Rating: ★★★

Dwayne Dopsie is the son of the late Rockin’ Dopsie, a Louisiana Creole accordionist who, via recording several albums for...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of The Magnolia Sessions

The Magnolia Sessions

Lost Dog Street Band

Anti-Corporate Music

Rating: ★★★

Each month from September 2020 until May 2021, the first season of The Magnolia Sessions delivered a new session recorded...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of El Grito

El Grito

Cumbia Chicharra

Cumbia Chicharra

Rating: ★

Cumbia is to 2021 what tango electronica was in 2001; for every dashing, inspired revivalist experiment there are dozens of...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Madremonte

Madremonte

Jaguar

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★

Madremonte is the debut album from the Europe-based Colombian duo, Jaguar. The title of the album makes reference to an...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of 16 Rayos

16 Rayos

Orquesta Akokán

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★

The word ‘mambo’ conjures up shimmying couples almost losing themselves to crazed percussion. But the dance craze was, in fact,...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

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