Reviews
Perotá Chingó
Every summer, thousands of Argentinian 20-something urbanites hit the road in order to discover themselves in Patagonia, Salta, or the...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Sake of the Sound
Front Country were formed in 2011 by some of San Francisco's finest young bluegrass and acoustic roots players – Adam...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
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
