Reviews
Sweet Nostalgia
‘I take comfort in being able to express fragments of the past through songs of old love and sounds of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Fists of Violets
Record store categories are disappearing along with the retail stores that made use of them. And that may in some...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Guitar Tango: Más Allá
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Mentored by the late bandoneón player and songwriter Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer Martín Alvarado has been plying his plaintive, precisely...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Live in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Guantanamera: The Essential Album
‘Ten years without Compay Segundo,’ says the sticker on the album cover, which is a slightly odd marketing slogan for...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Memories and Moments
Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
¡Saoco! Vol 2
With its subtitle, Bomba, Plena and the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955¬1967, this second big Vampisoul sampler tries...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
1929
It is constantly amazing how many old-time bands are around today. From gutter punks busking on the streets of New...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Introducing the Wagon Tales
This debut album from the current darlings of the UK bluegrass scene stands as a textbook example of what happens...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
Vintage Americana
Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
