Reviews
Tierra Que Arde
The music of Argentina's rural interior is all the things Buenos Aires' tango, blues, pop and rock are not: it...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Songs Doc Didn't Sing
Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, the legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter from Deep Gap, North Carolina, possessed a uniquely compelling vocal instrument. Smoky...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
The Gold Diggers
The 11-strong Lengaïa are a salsa juggernaut, a heavyweight Latin orchestra whose distinctive vocals and signature horn heft – three...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Barretto-Power
The late great conguero, vocalist and bandleader Ray Barretto was the first US-born percussionist to bring the African-based conga drum...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
The Incredible NANÁ
Naná Vasconcelos with Agustín Pereyra Lucena
A de facto solo debut of sorts yet only ever released in Argentina, The Incredible NANÁ dates back to 1971...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Plastic Bouquet
Songlines readers of a certain vintage and musical proclivity will recall It’s a Beautiful Day, a San Francisco- based folk-rock...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Trench Songs
You might think an album of trench songs, featuring lyrics written by soldiers in World War I, would make for...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Rastilho
One aspect of 60s and 70s Brazilian music that is often over-looked is the fact that it made acoustic instruments...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Veracruz: Sones y Flores
Think of a male/female acoustic guitar duo, add Mexico to the equation and you may well come up with Rodrigo...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
