Reviews
Best Medicine
This second release by The Stray Birds features the same combination of consummate musicianship, mellifluous harmony singing, refined taste, and...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Banda Sonora: Música para Filmes
Apart from big hitters like Antonio Pinto, it's relatively rare to see music written for Brazilian cinema enjoying any kind...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Prospect Hill
A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Flemons continues his exploration of the African-American songster tradition on his solo...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Tempo & Magma
The good news for anyone captivated by Tiganá Santana's exquisite The Invention of Colour is that his new release picks...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Convoque Seu Buda
Since the release of his last album, Nó Na Orelha, Criolo has arguably become the most important new artist in...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Caboclo
As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks: Honky Tonk Vol 2
Long before Charlie Gillett became a world music DJ (and guru) he was something of a seer for what's now...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Le Mystère des Chants Mayas
We have no idea what the more musically minded Mayans got up to during their human sacrifices, ball-court tournaments, weddings...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Ya Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music featured 84 tracks recorded between 1927 and 1932 and was first released in...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots
The alt-country movement in the 90s was a reaction to the candyfloss of modern Nashville. It gave birth to a...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
