Pinching the People: An Interview with Nina Miranda
She first came to prominence in 1997, as her band Smoke City’s ‘Underground Love’ reached #4 in the UK charts.... Read Article
REVIEW Magallanes – Fátima
I tried to listen to the first track on Fátima, the new album from Colombian outfit Magallanes, but found it... Read Article
REVIEW Portraits Of A Search
A woman traipses through scrubland, brushing aside dusty bushes with a stick, looking for a piece of clothing, a shoe;... Read Article
REVIEW Presos (Imprisoned)
The renegade daughter erring on the side of danger. So far, so familiar for the film staple of rebellious teenagers.... Read Article
REVIEW Algodón Egipcio – La Confianza Ciega
La Confianza Ciega is a kaleidoscopic record. That was the overpowering feeling that I had listening to the new offering... Read Article
REVIEW Helado Negro – Private Energy
The fifth album from Roberto Carlos Lange (Helado Negro) is a high-quality offering. Private Energy is well-written and varied, blending... Read Article
REVIEW Edwin Sanz – Overflow
It starts in a madcap whirl of old-school R&B and London gospel, intertwined with spiralling Latin brass and percussion. And... Read Article
REVIEW Quixosis – De Fiúcher
Pulsing, crackling, floating – the sounds and vibes on the latest offering from Ecuadorian producer Quixosis are varied, complex and hard... Read Article
La Feria de Abril ‘Sevillana’ Dancing in London’s Battersea Spanish Centre
It was a slice of Seville that lit up what was a surprisingly chilly April night in London. Set against... Read Article
REVIEW México Bárbaro
Mexico is a country of rich and strange folklore packed with terrible legends of the supernatural and the fanciful; syncretic... Read Article
REVIEW Cartel Land
Opening in a menacing jungle darkness, hissing acid and eyes among the trees, hooded men cook methamphetamine. The scrubland chemicals... Read Article