Reviews

Ear Snacks

Brothers Comatose

That this San Francisco-based band records and performs with numerous like-minded guests suggests the current good health of country rock...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

On Banjo

Alison Brown

Acclaimed as the only female five-string banjoist in the American Banjo Hall of Fame, Alison Brown gives full flower to...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Old Spot

Old Spot

Singer and multi- instrumentalist Joe Danks and fiddler Rowan Piggott met in 2021 and bonded over their shared love of...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Midnight Alvorada

Pedro Rosa

Swedish label ajabu! must have a good network of scouts. Pedro Rosa is their latest Brazilian discovery, following the likes...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

sramba

Domenico Lancellotti

Coming almost two decades since the three albums that this Brazilian percussionist made as a member of the +2's for...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Baró Drom

Luis de la Carrasca

Baró Drom, meaning ‘great road’ in the Romani language, nods to flamenco's gitano (gypsy) heritage. Granada born singer de la...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A robust and diverse collection of Black roots music in America, this intentionally titled ‘compendium’ of sorts houses an impressive...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

¡Así es… Con salsa

Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena

One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Raixes

Tuzeint

Just a few hours drive south from the Texan border, the Mexican city of Monterrey already has a reputation for...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Agôra

Caixa Cubo

This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2023