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Review of Bichos

Bichos

Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos

Top of the World

Olindo Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Fiddler’s Pastime

Fiddler’s Pastime

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Sugar Petunia Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Kronos Quartet

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

Pete Rodriguez

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Pete Rodriguez is one of the pioneers of Nuyorican music – Puerto Rican musicians in New York City –...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Natalia Lafourcade

Top of the World

Sony Music Entertainment México

Rating: ★★★★

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Olorum

Olorum

Mateus Aleluia

SESC

Rating: ★★★

Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Kabwlú

Kabwlú

Los Picapiedra

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Legendary Medellin record label Discos Fuentes is not known for its novelty releases, but Kabwlú, a hard-to-find 1965 album, is...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Beat Down Babylon

Beat Down Babylon

Junior Byles

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Kerrie ‘Junior’ Byles was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1948 and developed into one of reggae’s foremost voices, initially as...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of ELLA

ELLA

La Dame Blanche

Boa Viagem Music

Rating: ★★★★

La Dame Blanche is Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, daughter of Jesús ‘Aguaje’ Ramos, trombonist and musical director of the Buena Vista...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Brother Sister

Brother Sister

Watkins Family Hour

Family Hour Records

Rating: ★★★

Considering their shared history – basically growing up playing together with Chris Thile in the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek,...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

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