Reviews
Dreamer’s Motel
Joachim Cooder took his time to emerge from his father’s shadow but it was a family apprenticeship well-spent, playing percussion...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Creole Orchestra
Big band music in the 21st century can often feel quite dated, so it's refreshing to hear an album such...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Canciones Que No Quieren Morir
This 21-track compilation focuses on the solo career of the erstwhile Argentine frontman for Los Gatos and composer of their...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Guaracheros
This 1961 work was originally released on Peru's MAG label. Nelson Ferreyra's outfit gives Cuban guaracha, once particularly popular in...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Willie Watson
Since co-founding the much-acclaimed Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson has spent around a quarter of a century as an...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Caçada Noturna
With his fourth solo album for the Swedish label, the Afro-Brazilian minstrel from Salvador reinforces a decade-long recording relationship and...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Collab
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Afro-Cuban pianist Rubalcaba and Brazilian mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda combine to play this impeccable hour of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz,...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Paqueando
Diego Amador & José Maria Bandera
Diego Amador is one of a rare breed: a flamenco pianist. Rarer still he is also a cantaor (singer). Highlighting...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
