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Review of Las Flores del Sol

Las Flores del Sol

Nilamayé

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

As one of the main gateways into Latin America during the slave trade, Colombia owes a lot to Africa, as...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Fiddler's Dream

Fiddler's Dream

Michael Cleveland

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

It's not hard to see why so many are in awe of blind bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland. One listen to...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Desconstrução

Desconstrução

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Goma Gringa

Rating: ★★★★

No one's been doing a better job at bringing São Paulo, Brazil's never-ending megalopolis, to life in recent years than...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of From the Stillhouse

From the Stillhouse

Murder Murder

Murder Murder

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the frozen forests of northern Ontario, Murder Murder describe themselves as a ‘bloodgrass’ band. Particularly interested in murder...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Eu Também

Eu Também

Fernando delPapa

Hélico Records

Rating: ★★★

A São Paulo-born, Paris-based sambista who's long been a staple of Brazil's nordeste (north-east) scene, Fernando delPapa combines a career's...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Innocent Road

Innocent Road

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms

West Sound Music

Rating: ★★★

Hitting the ‘play’ button is like cranking up a time machine set to Grand Ole Oprycirca 1960. The easy-chugging strains...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Salsa Vintage

Salsa Vintage

Gerardo Rosales

Rosales Music

Rating: ★★★★

Based in the Netherlands since 1992, Venezuelan percussionist Gerardo Rosales has played with such big-hitters as Oscar D’León, Jimmy Bosch,...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Trail of Tales

Trail of Tales

The Bills

Borealis Recordings

Rating: ★★

This is the fifth album released by the award-winning Canadian acoustic roots quintet since 2000. Trail of Tales features a...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Darandi

Darandi

Aurelio

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

With their lilting, soulful melodies, drums and guitars, the paranda songs of the Garifuna people are one of the world's...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Red Mountain Blues

Red Mountain Blues

Chris Murphy

Teahouse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Chris Murphy should be a household name by now, having spent the past 25 years playing with some of the...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

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