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Review of Rearrange My Heart

Rearrange My Heart

Che Apalache

Top of the World

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of The Quintessence

The Quintessence

Yma Sumac

El Records

Rating: ★★★★

Some superstars travel at light speed into obscurity. Peruvian singer Yma Sumac died as recently as 2008, aged 86. Her...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of In the Key of Joy

In the Key of Joy

Sérgio Mendes

Concord Records

Rating: ★★

Parental guidance: multitude of guest artists. The rapper Common, for example, (dis)graces the opening track on the venerable Mr Mendes'...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★★

The Amazon has been imagined as a tree, its trunk passing from Brazil through Colombia and into Peru, with branches...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Seu Jorge and Rogê

Night Dreamer Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Aaron Jonah Lewis

The Old-Time Tiki Parlour

Rating: ★★★★

Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Kijombo

Kijombo

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Rating: ★★★★

One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of In the Key of Joy

In the Key of Joy

Sérgio Mendes

Concord Records

Rating: ★★

Parental guidance: multitude of guest artists. The rapper Common, for example, (dis)graces the opening track on the venerable Mr Mendes'...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

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