Reviews
King of My Mind
To start with, Flats and Sharps must be the most audaciously tenuous bluegrass pun-based name around. Yet it is totally...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Me Decidí
Can it really be five years since the last CD from the Duke of bachata, Joan Soriano? No wonder life's...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Merengue Loco Out of This World Cha Cha
Would-be lawyer Gilberto Calderón broke his leg playing stickball in Spanish Harlem, took up the congas, became Joe Cuba. His...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Hard Row to Hoe
On their debut, this group from Boulder, Colorado do the traditions of bluegrass and old-time music proud, both when covering...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
18
Banjo Dan & the Mid-Nite Plowboys
In 2012, having entertained fans of traditional bluegrass for nearly 40 years, Banjo Dan & the Mid-Nite Plowboys retired. Founded...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing!
The Holcombe Family String Band
Cued by the ‘hokum’ present both in the album title and, homophonically, in the name of the band, this reviewer...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Live in Berlin
Though far less well-known than João Gilberto or Tom Jobim outside Brazil, Baden Powell was one of that select group...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Cicada Ball
The Boxcar Boys aren’t all that they seem. They aren’t all boys, for one thing: two of the sextet are...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Problemas
For their first studio album since 2010's Grammy-winning El Existential, this Austin nine-piece have abandoned their DIY approach and contracted...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Rumba con Flores
Eliane Correa & En el Aire Project
This young, classically trained pianist, composer and arranger shares her time between London, Barcelona and Havana, and her creative energies...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
