Reviews
Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?
When Nickel Creek formed in 1989, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile were not yet 13 years old....
Reviewed in issue December/2020
Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!
There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
As Long as Songbirds Sing
Since meeting, literally on stage, at a late-night jam session in London’s West End, jazz and folk guitarist James Kitchman...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
Viento y Tiempo: Live at Blue Note Tokyo
Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Aymée Nuviola
In August 2019 the award-winning Cuban artists Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola teamed up to play six sold-out nights at...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Song to a Refugee
After five fine albums of Appalachian-tinged folk songs, Diana Jones felt too devastated by the horror of Trump’s election to...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Mente
The Brazilian multiinstrumentalist Thiago Nassif has been active for around a decade, switching scenes from São Paulo to Rio de...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
En Español
In the US, the Mavericks are packaged to the mainstream as a country band. They can play anything, from rockabilly...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Bichos
In recent years a diasporic Venezuelan sound has reverberated around the world, thanks to artists such as Family Atlantica, Betsayda...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Fiddler’s Pastime
The solo debut from award-winning bluegrass fiddler Keith-Hynes of Mile Twelve is not merely a showcase for her own prodigious...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
