Reviews

Election Special

Ry Cooder

Cooder has mined a rich vein of vernacular Americana in recent years, culminating with last year’s wonderful Pull Up Some...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

The Tokyo Concert

Astor Piazzolla

This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Diaspora in Buenos Aires

The Linetzky Family

This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Feel

Hot Seats

The Hot Seats’ seventh album is unmissable for anyone interested in old-time music from the southern US. Appalachian music, bluegrass,...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Camilla

Caroline Herring

Caroline Herring was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, re-examining the Edwardian collector's catalogue of songs gathered from Britain and...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Foggy Mountain Breakdown: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A couple of years ago, Tim Austin, one of the founders of the Lonesome River Band, kickstarted a project that...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Traveler

Jerry Douglas

Even if you have no idea who Jerry Douglas is, chances are you’ve heard him play. A regular member of...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The latest Caribbean music World Music Network compilation sets out to demonstrate the connections and parallels between island styles while...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Tromper le Temps

Le Vent du Nord

Having released seven records during their ten years together, Le Vent du Nord are clearly not short of inspiration. The...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

A Wheel

Jake Shulman-Ment

Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is part of the new generation of American klezmer musicians; A Wheel is the product of his...

Reviewed in issue October/2012