Reviews
La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980
Discos Machuca was a seminal Afro-cumbia label in late 70s Colombia. Founded by a tax lawyer who reinvented himself as...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon, the radical recombinator of traditional folk music, has concocted a delightfully diabolical set of experiments, unleashing a Frankenstein’s...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
Across the Western Ocean
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
J’ai Traversé La Mer
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
The Harry Smith B-Sides
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
Azymuth JID004
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
DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche
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
Lo Bueno Está Aquí
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
Devil Told Me
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
Tangle of Souls
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
