Reviews
Bass & Mandolin
Classical bass player Edgar Meyer and bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile first teamed up on a 2008 duets album that fused...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Last of the Outlaws
Railroad Earth balance a studious approach to Americana, which generates tuneful passages and thoughtful songs, with a “Worry? What, us?”...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Calypso Craze 1956-57 and Beyond
Forty-year-old Bear Family Records is a German label renowned for digging deeply into the country, blues and rock’n’roll archives, and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Animism
When Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded the prestigious Polaris Prize (Canada's equivalent to the Mercury Prize) this October...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
The Earls of Leicester
Arrayed in Stetson hats and string bow ties (aka a ‘Colonel Sanders’ tie), The Earls of Leicester took the Banjo...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Cajueiro
Márcio Faraco has built a career in Europe (principally France) playing the kind of smooth, jazzy bossa nova Europe has...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Havana Cultura Mix: The Soundclash!
The most striking feature of Brownswood's Cuban series has been its focus on unearthing new talents and creating hybrid sounds....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Contigo
Marta Gómez is Colombian, sounds Brazilian, quotes the poetry of Spain's Federico García Lorca, has shared a stage with blues-rocker...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Battle Cry Remixed
Back in the early-1990s, when rave culture took off in the UK, many a party would have a dub room...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
