Reviews
Cowboy Sutra
In Cowboy Sutra, Hal Cannon, a specialist in early Utah folk music and a founding member of 3hattrio, mines the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
Viens Me Chercher
In the 1940s, Cajun music had descended into a jumble of English language, Western swing-influenced fiddle stringband, a far cry...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2025
Maravilhosamente Bem
The revival of interest in global 80s music continues with the nostalgic third album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and Bala Desejo...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: July/2025
Wild Green
This London-based group have blended their atypical instrumentation of clarinet, percussion, violin and cello to engaging effect on two previous...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
Juyungo: Afro-Indigenous Music from the Northwestern Andes
In the Ecuadorian city and surrounding region of Esmeraldas, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, and Indigenous peoples such...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2025
Menta Selvatica
Gravitating between homes in Milan and Barcelona, versatile Italian singer-songwriter Mila Trani has been producing her Mediterranean Latin-jazz crossover music...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2025
Aylar
In the last few years, a plethora of young bands have arisen with a mission to valorise and recreate the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
The Hell of Helene: Songs for Appalachian Relief
Helene was hell, alright. The deadliest inland hurricane in US history cut a catastrophic path through six southeastern states from...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
