by Kev Rowland | Oct 21, 2024 | Reviews
Kiki Valera is one of Cuba’s foremost cuatro-guitar virtuosos and a fourth-generation member of La Familia Valera Miranda, the pioneers renowned for more than a century as creators of Eastern Cuba’s Son tradition. Over the last century, this style of...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 20, 2024 | Reviews
Multi-instrumentalist and singer David Udell first came to prominence in the art-rock band Wax Theatricks before joining Walter Whitney and Carl Weingarten in Delay Tactics in time for their 1984 album ‘Any Questions?’. He has kept busy since then, playing in multiple...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 20, 2024 | Reviews
Here we have the third re-recording of Sepultura music by Max and Igor Cavalera, this time revisiting the second full-length album, originally released in 1987. Again we have improved artwork alongside the newly recorded tracks which follows the same sequence as the...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 20, 2024 | Reviews
There is no doubt this debut album is going to grab a lot of attention due to who is involved, but once the hype is past people will just keep listening to the music and having a load of fun as here we have a belting metal album with real balls combined with...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 29, 2024 | Reviews
I don’t know much about music from Africa, but when I heard that Togolese metal crossover band Arka’n Asrafokor were about to release their second album (their debut for RPM), I knew I had to find out more. Sepultura were the first to really get the local...