REVIEW Ibrahim Ferrer – Buenos Hermanos [Special Edition]
The story of Buena Vista Social Club, the reunion of veteran Cuban musicians who’d found modest success in the 1950s... Read Article
REVIEW Alex Cuba – Sublime
Twenty years in the sub-Arctic cold of Smithers, British Columbia, hasn’t chilled the tropical soul of Alex Cuba (born Alexis... Read Article
REVIEW Montoya – Otun
I write from my go-to café in Merida, Mexico. Ki’ Xocolatl has been a refuge since I discovered their music... Read Article
REVIEW Polo Montañez – Guajiro Natural / Guitarra Mia
The music of Polo Montañez is back in circulation after almost 15 years, thanks to LusAfrica’s reissue of his two... Read Article
Richard M. Shain – Roots In Reverse
During the nearly four centuries of slavery in the Americas, 2.5 million Africans were brought to the Hispanic New World;... Read Article
REVIEW Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider – Dreamers
Latin America has a tortured history of democracy deferred by brutal dictatorships that were nearly endemic on the continent until... Read Article
REVIEW Orlando ‘Cachaito’ López – Cachaito
World Circuit Records has been reissuing on vinyl various jewels from its trove of world music recordings. Their latest release... Read Article
REVIEW Mariachi Herencia de México – Herencia de la Tierra Mia
Mariachi is popularly known abroad as demi-monde taverna music, providing succor or battle fuel for wronged lovers, or the province... Read Article
REVIEW Valeria Matzner – Anima
“I don’t want to show I have a pretty voice. I want to tell a story,” says vocalist and composer,... Read Article