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Review of Across the Western Ocean

Across the Western Ocean

Pressgang Mutiny

Pressgang Mutiny

Rating: ★★★★

The second album of shanties and songs of the sea from Pressgang Mutiny since they came together in 2013 in...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of J’ai Traversé La Mer

J’ai Traversé La Mer

Edmony Krater

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Apparently involved in the avant-garde scene, Edmony Krater brings none of that malarkey here, as he subjects his Guadeloupean heritage...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of The Harry Smith B-Sides

The Harry Smith B-Sides

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dust-to-Digital

Rating: ★★★★

Harry Smith’s legendary six-LP series, Anthology of American Folk Music, surely stands as the most influential collection of early 20th...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Azymuth JID004

Azymuth JID004

Azymuth

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★★★

Revered Brazilian jazz-funk trio Azymuth continue to amaze, as much for their longevity (they came together in 1972) and productivity...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click

No Fridge

Rating: ★★

The Mapuche are the sole surviving indigenous community in the Southern Cone. Settled mainly in the temperate Andean regions of...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Lo Bueno Está Aquí

Lo Bueno Está Aquí

Contento

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★★

Paulo Olarte and Sebastian Hoyos, the two Colombian expats who make up Contento, like to call their music ‘salsapunk.’ At...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Devil Told Me

Devil Told Me

Ruby Mack

Top of the World

Ruby Mack

Rating: ★★★★

Superb harmony singing, finely honed songwriting and a pointedly LBGTQ+ take on the acoustic folk and roots genre distinguish Devil...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Tangle of Souls

Tangle of Souls

Scott Cook

Scott Cook

Rating: ★★★

Tangle of Souls is the seventh full-length album by American-born, Edmonton, Alberta-based, globe-trotting troubadour Scott Cook. By full-length, we’re talking...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of El Canto del Viento

El Canto del Viento

Amando Risueño

Nuevo Mundo

Rating: ★★★

In 1965, the celebrated Argentinian folk artist Atahualpa Yupanqui published El Canto del Viento, a collection of proems that touched...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Tiempos Buenos

Tiempos Buenos

Grupo Rebolú

Grupo Rebolú

Rating: ★★★★

Grupo Rebolú are the best AfroColombian ensemble working out of New York City, and arguably the best of their kind...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

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