Reviews
Indio de Apartamento
An estranged cousin to last year’s Bill Frisell link-up, Lágrimas Mexicanas, this album is one that demands patience and time...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Funky Highlife
A 1975 release on the Essiebons label from Ghana, this is an album of occasionally funky but mostly sweet highlife,...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
The Life & Times Of…
The Hot 8 Brass Band have every right to sing the blues. Forced to flee New Orleans due to Hurricane...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Noble Stranger
Nuala Kennedy, Irish singer and flute player, adopted Scots lass and now a New Yorker is not an artist to...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
A Tribute to Caetano Veloso
In Brazil and across the Latin American diaspora, Caetano Veloso is God. As a founding father of tropicalia, as a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Don’t Keep Silent
The title of this New Zealand funk/fusion outfit’s second album couldn’t be more appropriate. Across the album’s 11 tracks Batucada...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Bye Bye Bayou
‘ We have outgrown our Cajun/zydeco roots’ declare Mama Rosin in the press blurb that came with the valedictorially titled...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Murmurations
The album art for Murmurations is a work of some genius – each individual cover features a unique image, in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Jamaica: Rhythm & Blues 1956-1961
The years 1956 and 1961 brought two key events to Jamaica’s musical history. The dates also provide well chosen bookends...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
Africa collided with Latin America in myriad ways, from the complex rhythms of son, the Yoruba pulse underpinning cumbia to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
