Reviews

Oye Mujer

Ladama

Pan-American musicians have got more chance of creating peace and prosperity than the region’s politicians. Perhaps the latter can call...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Mente

Thiago Nassif

The Brazilian multi­instrumentalist Thiago Nassif has been active for around a decade, switching scenes from São Paulo to Rio de...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

En Español

The Mavericks

In the US, the Mavericks are packaged to the mainstream as a country band. They can play anything, from rockabilly...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Bichos

Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos

In recent years a diasporic Venezuelan sound has reverberated around the world, thanks to artists such as Family Atlantica, Betsayda...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Fiddler’s Pastime

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

The solo debut from award-winning bluegrass fiddler Keith-Hynes of Mile Twelve is not merely a showcase for her own prodigious...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Kronos Quartet

Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

Pete Rodriguez

Pianist Pete Rodriguez is one of the pioneers of Nuyorican music – Puerto Rican musicians in New York City –...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Natalia Lafourcade

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Olorum

Mateus Aleluia

Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Kabwlú

Los Picapiedra

Legendary Medellin record label Discos Fuentes is not known for its novelty releases, but Kabwlú, a hard-to-find 1965 album, is...

Reviewed in issue November/2020