Reviews
Mis Ancestros
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
Cross the Rolling Water
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
Mireya
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
Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento
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
Del Cuarto Rojo: Homenaje Sonoro Escuchando la Pintura de Rafael Hastings
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
No Reino Dos Afetos
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
Homenagem
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
Tell ’Em You Were Gold
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
Slow Dance, Square Dance, Barn Dance
Slow Dance, Square Dance, Barn Dance delivers straight up traditional bluegrass balladry and honky-tonk crooning with authentic aplomb. Canadian-based, The...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2022
