Reviews
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
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Live on Tour
George Kahumoku Jr, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
A master and impresario of kī hō’alu (Hawaiian slack key guitar), George Kahumoku Jr opens this concert recording with a...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories A Celebration: 60 Years
These two prolific octogenarians have represented Brazilian jazz royalty for around six decades, so it’s high time for a three-CD,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Autopoiética
Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte believes her latest work is also her best. The title refers to an entity’s capability to...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Not So Deep as a Well
For Québec-based musician, Myriam Gendron, it started with a book – a 1936 anthology of the poetry of Dorothy Parker,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Médikamen
Now 15 albums deep, the music of Texas-born, Louisiana-living zydeco busker Corey Ledet remains as vital as ever. However, this...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
