Reviews
Rodrigo & Gabriela & C.U.B.A — Area 52
Happy Rod and Gab fans! Area 52 is more of the same – despite all the Cuban music it features,...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Looking for a Fight
The Sweetback Sisters are harkening back to the earliest decades of the American recording and radio casting industry when ‘sister’...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Beginner’s Guide to Latin America
‘Ay, caramba!’, how do you do a beginn¬er’s guide to the music of more than 30 countries, with more than...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Rodrigo & Gabriela & C.U.B.A — Area 52
As successful as previous albums from the rocked-up flamenco guitar wizards have been, someone clearly decided it was time to...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
Hailing from Quebec, where they formed in 1976, La Bottine Souriante have gone on to sell half a million records...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
There’s More Pretty Girls Than One
This four-piece acoustic ensemble consists of two Americans and two Brits who live in France. One of the Americans is...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Sparrowmania!
Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) is now 76 years old and seemingly still per¬forming and occas¬ionally issuing new recordings. With...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Upside Down
Mauricio Maestro & Nana Vasconcelos
Touted as an epistle from a ‘ time when people dared to make liberated records.’ this collaboration between two Brazilian...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
The Hogtown Sessions
Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys
Fans of the classic 1960s and 70s bluegrass era will get some serious kicks from this joint project by Portland-based...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail
As a member of the progressive bluegrass band the Punch Brothers, banjo player Noam Pikelny has made a name for...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012
