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Review of Eli Winter

Eli Winter

Eli Winter

Top of the World

Three Lobed Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Known as an extraordinarily adept self-taught guitarist with a distinctive style bearing the imprint of contemporary American flatpickers, particularly his...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Review of Mis Ancestros

Mis Ancestros

Perkutao

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

Perkutao are an Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble founded in 2005 and directed by Percy Chinchilla, musician, percussionist, zapateador and teacher. Mis...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Review of Cross the Rolling Water

Cross the Rolling Water

Hannah Read & Michael Starkey

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fiddler and singer-songwriter Hannah Read met banjo player Michael Starkey at an Appalachian music session in Edinburgh in 2019. They...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Baragwin

Baragwin

Baragwin

Boghei Records

Rating: ★★★★

Here’s yet another treasure of musical tradition from the Francophone provinces of eastern Canada, which have in common historical connections...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Mireya

Mireya

Mireya Ramos

ONErpm

Rating: ★★★

From Puerto Rico, born to a Dominican mum and Mexican dad, Mireya is singer and founder of NYC-based all-women mariachi...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento

Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento

Meridian Brothers

Ansonia Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s hard to think of too many bands that can be as divisive as Meridian Brothers. They share the same...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Del Cuarto Rojo: Homenaje Sonoro Escuchando la Pintura de Rafael Hastings

Del Cuarto Rojo: Homenaje Sonoro Escuchando la Pintura de Rafael Hastings

Manongo Mujica

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

Peruvian percussionist Manongo Mujica has always been partial to experimentation, as was clear in his work with the influential jazz...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of No Reino Dos Afetos

No Reino Dos Afetos

Bruno Berle

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Bruno Berle hails from Maceió, Alagoas, a state on the east coast of Brazil that boasts a tight-knit musical community....

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Homenagem

Homenagem

A Panda do Sol

Sungroove Records

Rating: ★★★

Samba from Berlin? Why not? There has been plenty of choro coming from unexpected places recently, but not so much...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Tell ’Em You Were Gold

Tell ’Em You Were Gold

Pharis & Jason Romero

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

In 2007, when Jason and Pharis met at a fiddle jam, the former’s reputation as a banjo luthier extraordinaire was...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

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