Reviews
Sonero de Oriente
Arturo Jorge y Su Cuarteto Tradición
If you’re a fan of Buena Vista Social Club, whose eponymous 1997 album was a global sensation, you’ll warm to...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Timba a la Americana
No messing around for Harold López-Nussa; it's all courses served at once with ‘Funky’, an irrepressible display of groove and...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Avant L’Équinoxe
This Franco-Brazilian quartet is the product of a friendship forged online between France's Sophie Magnani (singer) and multi-instrumentalist Hervé Morisot,...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Ever since the Lomaxes discovered Lead Belly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1933, prison has earnt itself a vaunted...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
The Storm
Born in the Mississippi Delta, Elder Jack Ward died this April after a lifetime of singing soulful gospel. The Storm...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
The D-Vine Spirituals Story Vol 3
‘Gimme that old-time religion…’ The latest 14-track batch of old-time gospel recordings for the Memphis-based D-Vine Spirituals label underlines how...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
João
Bebel Gilberto's childhood was seemingly orchestrated by her illustrious father's “playing and playing and playing.” Because she was always her...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
You’re the One
With You’re the One, Giddens is clearly hoping to broaden her appeal beyond the folk/roots/Americana stockade and her fan club...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971
Alongside Alan Lomax and William Ferris, Robert ‘Mack’ McCormick fits into the tradition of white American enthusiasts of African-American roots...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
Echoes of the South
The original five Blind Boys long ago went to meet their maker, which is unsurprising given that they first raised...
Reviewed in issue October/2023
