Reviews
A Strange Day in June
Led by mandolin, guitar, banjo, flute, harmonica and sitar player John Kruth, New York-based The Folklorkestra are a mostly instrumental...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2024
Sonido Cósmico
Hermanos Gutiérrez have been winning hearts around the world with their transcendent guitar sound recalling desert skies and lonely highways....
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024
MESTIZX
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
This is a concept album of sorts from the husband-and-wife team of drummer Frank Rosaly and singer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024
Maisha
Maisha is an exquisite debut of originals that vividly bring to life the music of the Gogo (also Wagogo) people...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024
Sharing in the Spirit
With Sharing in the Spirit, singer-songwriter Ana Egge shares eight original songs plus covers of songs by Ted Hawkins and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2024
De Alcohol y Desamor
A supergroup eminently deserving of that title, Tablao de Tango bring together three greats of Argentinian music: Franco Luciani on...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024
Men Lŏnu
Duo Landry+ formed in 2016 after an encounter at the Institut Français de Cotonou. Together, clarinettist, flautist and saxophonist Landry...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!
Back in 1983, two years after the death of Bob Marley, Yellowman was the most successful performer in Jamaica. Born...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
CultureRize: Bamako All Stars Vol I
All-star projects can often end up with curate’s egg on their tracklists. The Bamako-based collective with the cumbersome name are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Dawgnilo!
Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024
