Reviews
Sketches
Natalie MacMaster is Canadian fiddle royalty, with a bulging cabinet of awards and an address book of artists (from Béla...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
This compilation intriguingly connects many dots in the soca music story, while also (not unexpectedly for Soundway) throwing up musically...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
La Serena
For many years, Canadian singer Aviva Chernick was the vocalist with Toronto-based klezmer group Jaffa Road. Having gone solo, she's...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Pata Pata
Since her death in 2008, we have been inundated with compilations drawn from Makeba's 50-year career. All of them have...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Mandorla
Pierre Schryer is a household name in Canada and Adam Dobres is an accomplished guitarist who can play just about...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
We Have Come to Testify
An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
This is Broken Folk
Percussionist, tap dancer and performance artist Carli Jefferson toured internationally with the physical theatre group Stomp, before meeting non-binary singer...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Humans
This nine-piece, comprising members from the UK, Congo, Italy, France, Argentina and New Zealand, is a fantastic emblem of the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
