Reviews
King of the Blind
Originally from California, now based in Boston, the young uilleann piper Joey Abarta names his second album after a tune...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Cup of Sugar
A native West Virginian, 69-year-old Tim O’Brien represents the best of the contemporary Nashville scene. His instrumental acumen, especially on...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Cleveland Blues
Fred ‘Dave’ Davis was a musician in Kansas City, Missouri, but by the late 1960s, hard luck and prison had...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Hidden Waters showcases the cream of Rio de Janeiro's thriving music scene, moving between samba, bossa nova, Candomblé, jazz and...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Folkocracy
Son of folk-singers Loudon Wainwright and the late Kate McGarrigle, young Rufus can claim descent from ‘folkocracy’, although since his...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Sim Sim Sim
Sim Sim Sim, the Latin Grammy-winning debut from Rio de Janeiro-based Bala Desejo, conjures a cornucopia of Brazilian styles including...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Family Affair
It's fun to imagine a group of reggae legends hauled up in a villa for days, switching between recording sessions...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Em Cantos de Òrìsà
A post-graduate in Afro-Brazilian history and culture from the Federal University of Bahia, Irma Ferreira is not only an academic...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Guajiro
Eliades Ochoa seems to be speeding up with age, touring the world, producing his second new record within a year,...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Accomplice Two
A mutually inspired quest for excellence pervades AccompliceTwo. The much-anticipated follow-up to 2018's Accomplice One features Australian guitar wizard Tommy...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
