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Review of Pa Mi Tres

Pa Mi Tres

Yarima Blanco

Egrem

Rating: ★★★★

Yarima Blanco won the De la Tradición Sonera y Campesina (From the Son and Country Tradition) award at last year's...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Passarinho

Passarinho

João Selva

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★

The Brazilian cultural archetype, the Passarinho or ‘Little Bird,’ serves as a harbinger of environmental disaster on this singer-songwriter's second...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of É o Que a Casa Oferece

É o Que a Casa Oferece

Gabriel da Rosa

Stones Throw Records

Rating: ★★

Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2010, Brazilian musician Gabriel da Rosa turned into a DJ that introduced his country's...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Ramblin' Soul

Ramblin' Soul

Melissa Carper

Mae Music/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Jalopy Records

Rating: ★★★

The extensive liner notes for this two-CD set, with lyrics, tout its achievement of ‘bringing together the music of the...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Close Enough to Hear

Close Enough to Hear

Mile Twelve

Mile Twelve

Rating: ★★★★

With their previous two albums, 2017's Onwards and 2019's enchanting City on a Hill, the warmth, precision and virtuosity of...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

The Gibson Brothers

Bull Run Records

Rating: ★★★

Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Mighty Poplar

Mighty Poplar

Mighty Poplar

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

This bluegrass supergroup that sees members of the Punch Brothers (Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge) join bassist Greg Garrison (Leftover...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Suite Brasileira

Suite Brasileira

Paul Carey

Paul Carey

Rating: ★★★★

Australian-based guitarist and composer Paul Carey had one goal for his new album: to celebrate Brazilian guitar music. The vision...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Review of Almanac Behind

Almanac Behind

Daniel Bachman

Three Lobed Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Visionary guitarist Daniel Bachman is steeped in the tradition of American primitive fingerstyle masters such as John Fahey, Robbie Basho...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

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