by Joel Dwek | Oct 3, 2021 | Reviews
Colombia’s psychedelic cumbia maestros Bomba Estéreo serve up an album that is as interesting as it is entertaining… When the Netflix series Break It All, a history of rock in Latin America was released in December 2020, I was astounded by what I saw and...
by Danny Wiser | Apr 29, 2021 | Reviews
Wild and loose, Totó La Momposina carries the torch for traditional Cumbia in this spectacular record… Recently on NoiseNomad we have published a review of Comorian singer Maalesh’s Wassi Wassi. In the piece we discussed his ability to reflect the...
by Joel Dwek | Dec 23, 2020 | Reviews
An album with a twist as Systema Solar confront issues of feminism and environmentalism on the dancefloor… This album by Colombian electro-cumbia dance group Systema Solar is a truly great party album. It really is. Rumbera, my favourite song by a long, long...
by Danny Wiser | Aug 16, 2020 | Reviews
Miss Colombia shows off immense and eclectic musical talent, whilst also exploring the complexities that many migrants have when it comes to their relationship with their homeland… For an electro-cumbia album, a record from a genre that is typically dance...
by Danny Wiser | Jun 30, 2020 | Reviews
The Latin Queen of Pop Shakira shows off her capacity to hook a Western audience with her powerful and unique voice… Whilst at NoiseNomad we typically like to discover more niche artists whose albums our readers perhaps have not heard of, it would be unjust to...
