Oliver Swain is clearly a very talented chap. Not only does he play double-bass, banjo and guitar extremely well, but...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Grabbing you by the scruff of the neck from the get-go, this nine-strong collective pays homage to Haiti's varied traditions,...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
What does it take to work wonders with small things? Try taking a reverential approach to American folk music, taking...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
In August 2015 the two great names of tropicália – Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil – performed an all-acoustic set...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
This impressive edition was compiled by the ethnomusicologist Michael Hauser and Karsten Sommer, a well-known figure in Greenland's music industry....
Reviewed in issue May/2016
A talented young guitarist and immediately likeable singer, Michael Daves made one of the most enjoyable bluegrass albums of recent...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Like the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Canadian trio of Sheesham Crow on fiddle and harmonica, Lotus Wight, on banjo and...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Lotus Wight is the nom du guerre of Toronto native Sam Allison, a songster, folklorist, poet, fiddler, banjo historian and...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
As tribute bands go, the Brothers Nazaroff are one of the more eccentric out there. Named after the elusive Nathan...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Record producer Coxsone Dodd found fame through his legendary Studio One, which gave a big break to such names as...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
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