Reviews
Before the Sun
Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016
ImmiGrand Deluxe
Montréal is a chilly place for five months a year but Wesli, a singer born and raised in Haiti, is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960
This album chronicles the only existing complete concert performance by the inestimably important American folk musician during the period in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Heart of the Congos
After failing to interest an international label when first released in 1977, Heart of the Congos has long been regarded...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/2017
Protobilly: The Minstrel & Tin Pan Alley DNA of Country Music 1892-2017
This compilation is an amazing and expansive labour of love that traces the journey of country music from the very...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Goats
The lute player George Xylouris grew up in Anogia, a town in the mountains of Crete not too far from...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Guitar Tango: Más Allá
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Mentored by the late bandoneón player and songwriter Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer Martín Alvarado has been plying his plaintive, precisely...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Together in Love and Separation
Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore
Indian classical singer Chandra Chakraborty is joined by London-based singer Saskia Griffiths-Moore in an album that explore themes of love...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022
Carry Me Home
The theatrical and often comical approach to their kaleidoscope of Americana makes you want to see how The Dustbowl Revival...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
