Reviews
Dance Moderno
In the early 1960s, before swingers everywhere were listening to the version of ‘The Look of Love’ by Brasil ‘66...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Let's get it out of the way: this is a straightforward, mainstream country album. It's not old-time, it's not bluegrass...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Toronto Mambo
Sean Bellaviti & Conjunto Lacalu
Pianist, band leader and principal arranger Sean Bellaviti and long-time collaborator, percussionist Luis Orbegoso, are both leading lights of the...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Bon Bon
Somewhere in the polyglot roots garden, twined between Cajun, indie-folk, R&B, Gypsy jazz and a few other things, reside Dai...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
What We Leave Behind
Produced in Nashville by fellow Canadian songwriter and producer Gordie Sampson, the follow-up to the splendid debut album Secret Victory...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Original
Bobby Osborne's latest album is an engaging compendium of tunes by some of Memphis' finest songwriters, from the 86-year-old high-lonesome...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Straight Allons
Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers
Kyle Huval is a 20-something Cajun accordionist from Eunice, Louisiana. Straight Allons is his second album and proves as refreshing...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
¿Dónde Estás María?
When describing the music of Meridian Brothers, the Brazilian tropicália legend Tom Zé is a name that crops up a...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Villa-Lobos Superstar
When the members of Pau Brasil stepped onto their road to becoming a crucial band in Brazil's contemporary instrumental music...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Keep Me Waiting
If your tastes run to traditional bluegrass and folk music with a nod to contemporary Americana, you'll find Chicago-based Big...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
