Reviews
we will be wherever the fires are lit
Guitarist Dorji came to Asheville, North Carolina from Bhutan, over two decades ago, and his improvising style retains Eastern qualities,...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings
Basho was an unconventional and singular 12-string guitarist, an outsider whose music remains uniquely beguiling. Often dubbed the ‘Father of...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Chak Chak Chak Chak
What Captain Beefheart was to the blues, Julián Mayorga is to cumbia. His latest album, Chak Chak Chak Chak, is...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Harlem Street Singer
Recorded and released in 1960, Harlem Street Singer is regarded as singer/guitarist Reverend ‘Blind’ Gary Davis’ masterpiece. It’s also a...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Curyman II
‘Curyman’, the opening track of Rogê’s (Roger José Cury) follow-up, revisits the final, brief ‘O Vento’ from 2023’s Curyman (reviewed...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Ray and His Court
The Ray in question is organist Ray Fernandez, and his Miami-based Court include his wife and two sons, along with...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Salt River
Recorded by Sam Amidon (guitar, fiddle), Sam Gendel (saxophone, synthesizer) and Philippe Melanson (percussion) in Gendel’s Los Angeles home studio,...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Suenan Las Trompetas
Self-described ‘artist, musician, writer, explorer of himself and transcendence,’ Ricardo Jacob is a producer, composer and veteran of the progressive...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Sensible or Otherwise
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest flatpicking guitarists, Charlotte Carrivick offers up a dozen tasty instrumental tracks on...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2025
Guepa Je!
Radio Martiko’s compilation of Lucho Bermúdez’ cumbia from the 50s and 60s was a highlight of 2022. This latest illuminates...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
