Reviews
Roll Up the Night Sky
Canadian Dana Sipos has one of those voices usually described in words such as ethereal, ghostly, pastoral or ‘almost identical...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
La Ruta de la Pantera
Having borrowed their album's title (‘The Way of the Panther’) from a Marvel comic, and previously reinvented Henry Mancini's Pink...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Elixir
Ola Fresca is, as their name insists, a ‘fresh wave’ from Brooklyn. The band's singer, songwriter and arranger, José Conde,...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Domestic Eccentric
As the title suggests, Domestic Eccentric is mostly a record about home and family. Fittingly enough, it was recorded at...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
El Rebusque
Mama Julia y los Sonidos Ambulantes
Since La Mojarra Eléctrica disappeared on indefinite hiatus, the world has been calling out for a new group to combine...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Jamaica is the Place to Go
This two-CD set follows 2013's Mento, Not Calypso! by further exploring the 1950s mento scene. Often overshadowed by Trinidad's golden...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Big Box of Afrosound
This eminently collectable box set of ten vinyl 7” singles will be a boon to any DJ overburdened by the...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Pop Songs for Elk
As one of the new breed of edgy Americana acts, such as Elephant Revival, Pokey LaFarge or Joy Kills Sorrow,...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Bright as You Can
The Catskill Mountains-based band led by Mike Meranda (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Ruthy Ungar (vocals, fiddle, ukulele) do a very...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
