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Review of Where the Galleon Sank

Where the Galleon Sank

Kobo Town

Stonetree Records

Rating: ★★★

Canadian calypso singer Drew Gonsalves’ latest Kobo Town album reflects a deepening love of Trinidad and Tobago's music and culture....

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Too Slow to Disco Brasil

Too Slow to Disco Brasil

VARIOUS ARTISTS

How Do You Are?

Rating: ★★★

‘Um, dois, um-dois-três…’ and then a horn section blasts us straight to the land of Earth Wind & Fire. This...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Nueva Antología

Nueva Antología

Compay Segundo

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Levanta Poeira

Levanta Poeira

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Jazz & Milk Recordings

Rating: ★★

Levanta Poeira is a puzzling musical object. Compiler DJ Tahira is a well-known vinyl digger based in São Paulo and...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Lio Canta Caymmi

Lio Canta Caymmi

Lio

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★

Lisbon-born French singer Lio became a pop icon in France and Belgium following her hit single ‘Le Banana Split’ in...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of When the Sun Comes Up

When the Sun Comes Up

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Lonesome Ace Stringband

Rating: ★★★

The third studio album by Toronto's Lonesome Ace Stringband underscores the trio's reputation as a tightly knit unit committed to...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of The Invisible Comes to Us

The Invisible Comes to Us

Anna & Elizabeth

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Memory is an elusive and unreliable thing. The second album from the American folk duo passes like a memory recalled...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Clear the Table

Clear the Table

Sheesham, Lotus & ‘Son

Sepiaphone

Rating: ★★★

Quoting from hyperbolic press releases is probably not good album-reviewing practice but it's hard to resist the description of this...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of The Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard

The Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

From the serene to the eccentric, this is an unusual collection of obscure acoustic blues from the 1920s and 30s....

Reviewed in issue June/2018

Review of Black Cowboys

Black Cowboys

Dom Flemons

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...

Reviewed in issue June/2018

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