Reviews
Chambacú
Colombian singer Aurita Castillo was just six or seven years old when she recorded two albums for Discos Fuentes in...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Supermoon
The Israeli-born Itai Kriss has spent two decades lighting up New York’s vibrant jazz scene with his flute playing, working...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
This two-CD compilation broadens the historical scope of the American folk revival of the 1960s to include the San Francisco...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2022
Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo y los Alaracosos
Ten years after their debut, Peru’s Los Chapillacs are back, and their sound has hardly changed. Which is a great...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Songs of Love & Death
Reg Meuross and Harbottle & Jonas
This collaboration between English acoustic scene veteran Reg Meuross and the Devon folk duo David Harbottle and Freya Jonas sprung...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/February/2022
Genius Loci 1: White Peak
Instrumental duo fiddler Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger like to let things flow. At the heart of The Ciderhouse...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/February/2022
Soweto
Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles
Robson Banda started his career as a member of Thomas Mapfumo’s first group Acid Band. In Zimbabwe the chimurenga music...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: January/February/2022
Ke Haber
Israeli artist ‘Nani’ Noam Vazana sings and writes in Ladino, a Romance language spoken by Spanish Jews in the 15th...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
