Reviews

Laysongs

Chris Thile

Nowhere has master mandolinist Thile’s formidable artistry been more fully realized than on Laysongs. Urged on by Nonesuch Records honcho...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Tell Me How You Feel

Hoth Brothers Band

This, the second album by Hoth Brothers Band, is one among a gazillion projects that would have taken a different...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

3 Sessions in a Greenhouse

Lucas Santtana

On recent albums, Lucas Santtana has become a modern troubadour, channelling pop, protest song and natural charm, so it’s easy...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Color de Trópico Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

For a short album, this packs a mighty punch. Variously a crate digger’s delight, an ode to the hopes of...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Útera

Kaleema

In the past ten years, a particular strain of downtempo has emerged from Latin America's clubs, uniting hypnotic electronic grooves...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

In Our Voices

Moira Smiley & VOCO

Sing out, people. Raise your voices. Raise them in harmony with others. Sing out in the spirit of dissent and...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

4:00 AM

Delgres

France-born and raised Pascal Danaë was in his 30s when he first visited Guadeloupe, the birth country of his parents;...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Me Quité

Héctor Valentín

A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions

Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

J'ai Bu

Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project

The Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project originated from a busking trip to south-west China in 2006 by songwriter and guitarist Jean-Philippe...

Reviewed in issue June/2021