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Review of Alborotá

Alborotá

Alea

Alea Music

Rating: ★★★

Alborotá (meaning loud, rowdy, riotous in the feminine form) is an album created to explore notions of strength, perseverance, feminism...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Outstanding

Outstanding

Timba MM

Naxos World

Rating: ★★

Outstanding was recorded by a Montréal-based group of Canadian and Cuban musicians, Timba MM (pronounced ‘timba emmay emmay’). The accompanying...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Folk for Little Folk Vol 1

Folk for Little Folk Vol 1

Gordie ‘Crazylegs’ MacKeeman

Gordie MacKeeman

Rating: ★★★

Although listed as ‘for little folk,’ Canadian fiddler Gordie ‘Crazylegs’ MacKeeman's new album has plenty to offer adults who appreciate...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Temple of the New Sun

Temple of the New Sun

Xochimoki

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★

This is a collection of songs originally released on cassette in the 80s; it's intriguing trying to imagine what the...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Palabras Urgentes

Palabras Urgentes

Susana Baca

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

At 77 years old, Baca has never sounded better; her voice has lost none of its dynamism and the careful...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of The High Note Mento Collection

The High Note Mento Collection

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

Mento was the first Jamaican popular music, a mix of calypso and local rhythms that won popularity across the island...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Almas Conectadas

Almas Conectadas

Quantic & Nidia Góngora

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★★

This is Quantic's second full-length release with Colombian singer Nidia Góngora (although they have been working together for over ten...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Contracorriente

Contracorriente

El Balcón

El Balcón

Rating: ★★★★

Contracorriente, the third album from El Balcón, is alive with the unique vibrancy and musical playfulness of son jarocho, traditional...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Adeline

Adeline

John Showman, Chris Coole, Adrian Gross, Sam Allison, Mark Kilianski

Owl Records

Rating: ★★★

Last March, a quintet of old-timey/bluegrass/Americana string specialists gathered at a cottage on the shores of Beaver Lake in the...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Bad for Business

Bad for Business

Adrian + Meredith

Adrian + Meredith

Rating: ★★★

Welcome to the Nashville living room of Adrian and Meredith Krygowski, where they and a few friends have worked on...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

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