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Review of Ninguém Vai Me Segurar

Ninguém Vai Me Segurar

Ana Mazzotti

Far Out

Rating: ★★★

Cut down by terminal illness in the prime of her life, Brazilian singer-singwriter Ana Mazzotti – like her contemporary Rosinha...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Spinning in the Wheel

Spinning in the Wheel

Projeto Arcomusical

National Sawdust Tracks

Rating: ★★★

Projeto Arcomusical has the mission statement of bringing joy to the world through the berimbau and their intricate pieces are...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song

Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song

Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Trump's America ought to be a fertile breeding ground for modern protest songs, but if they're out there, we don't...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Even the Sparrow

Even the Sparrow

Kelly Hunt

Rare Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

Kelly Hunt possesses an exceptionally lithe and expressive voice, which sounds like a delicate songbird imbued with the mojo of...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Assiniboine & the Red

Assiniboine & the Red

The Small Glories

Top of the World

Red House Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Small Glories – grizzle-voiced Canadian folk-roots scene veteran JD Edwards and ex-Wailin' Jennys' Cara Luft – return to familiar...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Across the Field

Across the Field

House and Land

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★

Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967

Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doctor Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Öngtupqa: Sacred Music of the Hopi Tribe

Öngtupqa: Sacred Music of the Hopi Tribe

Clark Tenakhongva, Gary Stroutsos & Matthew Nelson

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Öngtupqa is the Hopi name for the Grand Canyon (which translates to ‘Salt Canyon’). Musicians Clark Tenakhongva, Matthew Nelson and...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Hush the Wild Horses

Hush the Wild Horses

Rachel Harrington

Skinny Dennis Records

Rating: ★★★

Hush the Wild Horses is an intimate, unflinching glimpse into the trials and triumphs of singer-songwriter Rachel Harrington. A former...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

Review of Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Bill Callahan

Drag City Records

Rating: ★★★★

Through a slightly distorted vocal, reminiscent of his early Smog albums, Callahan begins Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest with a...

Reviewed in issue November/2019

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