Reviews
Queen of Eyes
Take a pair of harmonising female vocalists, ask them to record outside a one-room cabin on an island off Washington...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Little Electric Chicken Heart
Frango Elétrico’s name comes from the bastardisation of their original surname, Fainguelernt, and while Elétrico’s 2018 debut with its indie...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Latin-Soul-Rock
Fifty years after its original release, this long out-of-print album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl and digital form....
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Simple Pleasures
Pioneering banjo player, composer, and a key leading lady of bluegrass, Alison Brown wears many...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Out in La La Land
Martha Spencer is from deep in the Appalachian folk tradition. So deep that she lives on top of a lonely...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert
Bessie Jones, John Davis & the Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
The immediate (and significant) feeling I got when I first started listening to this 1965 concert was one of privilege;...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Bleu bleu
There’s a post-COVID movement in Québécois folk music in which artists once known for their traditional roots have moved more...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Caracoles
Six years after their Grammy-nominated debut on Daptone, the retro Cuban/New York orchestra’s third album hits another home run. Right...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
Macunaísmo Tardio Vol 1 & 2
The story of jazz in Brazil is one of innovation, inclusivity and influence. Seeping into many of the country’s other...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2024
