REVIEW Wiñaypacha (Eternidad) to Represent Peru at the 2019 Oscar and Goya Awards
Óscar Catacora’s Aymara-language feature, Wiñaypacha, has been chosen by Peru’s Ministry of Culture to represent the nation at both the... Read Article
REVIEW Itiberê Orquestra Família – Pedra do Espia
Back in 1994, I recorded a broadcast on Radio 3 of Hermeto Pascoal live in concert with a big band... Read Article
REVIEW Obscuro Barroco
Obscuro Barroco is an acid-laced homage to the forces and characters that give life to Rio de Janeiro. Fragments of... Read Article
REVIEW A Winter to Remember (El Color de un Invierno)
Lucia has returned home to visit her parents for the winter holidays. Back in the cradle of her childhood fears... Read Article
REVIEW Elegante & La Imperial – Evolución
Evolución highlights the past and present oeuvre of Daniel Martinetti, one of Peru’s most prolific producers of the “nu cumbia”... Read Article
REVIEW Discos Pato Carlos – Club Sauna Vol. 2
It’s been three years since Discos Pato Carlos launched with a compilation of music from Club Sauna’s underground parties. That led... Read Article
REVIEW Gecko Turner – Soniquete: The Sensational Sound of Gecko Turner
Every now and then an album comes along that’s really difficult to pin down. I’m thinking, for example, of jazz... 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 Why ‘Damn Kids’ Wins My Vote for Best Chilean Film at Raindance
Not often do you stay in your seat to read every name in the end credits of a film. I... Read Article
REVIEW Amaro Freitas – Rasif
Brazilian contemporary jazz has another great representative: Amaro Freitas. From Recife, in north-eastern Brazil, the young pianist combines classic jazz... Read Article
REVIEW Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça
It’s big, brassy and Brazilian. It’s Bixiga 70, back in the socket for their fourth album and their second for... Read Article
REVIEW Marcos D. Project – Exaltação
Marcos D. Project: it’s not the most prepossessing name; it sounds a bit like a short-lived pick-up band to highlight... Read Article