Reviews
O Aperto da Saudade
Far Out’s aim for this record was to compile a selection of Brazilian tracks that convincingly epitomise the untranslatable Portuguese...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Agora
Since her acclaimed 2000 debut, Tanto Tempo, reimagined bossa nova with a brilliant contemporary electronic twist, Gilberto’s career has followed...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
When I Wait For You
For the success of her widely acclaimed 2019 Smithsonian Folkways release, Songs of Our Native Daughters (reviewed in #147), Rhiannon...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Red Gold Green and Blue RMX
Last year Trojan Jamaica released Red, Gold, Green and Blue, a selection of covers of sacred blues and soul works...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Sounds and Colours: 10 Years
I’ve met Mexicans into Spanish oi, Bolivians addicted to Jamaican ska, and Argentinians obsessed with Celtic folk. They produce fanzines,...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Bar de Paco
The rich and versatile voice of Cuban singer and composer Max Max (aka Yoandri Castro Max) will be familiar to...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Rough Guide to Spiritual Blues
As the music of gambling dens, bordellos, barrelhouses and anywhere else vice was to be found, the blues swiftly earned...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Gospel
In the early days of popular recording, blues and gospel marched hand in hand – God’s music and the devil’s...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Doce Milongas de Amor y un Tango Desesperado
Sometimes it’s hard to hear a song for the first time. That’s certainly the case for me with Delfina Cheb’s...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
