Reviews
Fado: Coimbra-Lisbonne 1949-1961
Having Alfredo Marceneiro, Amalia Rodrigues, Lucília do Carmo, Fernando Farinha, Maria Teresa de Noronha and Hermínia Silva on one record...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador
The town of Otavalo, high up in the Ecuadorian Andes, is renowned for its crafts and its indigenous folk music....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Sousamaphone
The rising popularity of American brass bands – Hot 8 Brass Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Blackbird
The Wellington eight-piece Fat Freddy’s Drop have, over the past decade, built up a remarkable international following with their blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
High Moon Order
Bluegrass music is not going to hell in the hands of young post-rock performers, rest assured. But I have detected...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Chapter One
With a 1973 debut record floating somewhere between San Francisco and Lagos, Blo were the pioneers of African rock. Fusing...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
This World Oft Can Be
The second full-length album by Boston-based Della Mae demonstrates that the all-female quintet are presently in a sweet spot, one...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Vacanti Sugnu China: Sicilian Folksongs
Matilde Politi e Compagnia Bella
Palermo-born Matilde Politi sings of disillusionment and resistance, despair and anger, love and longing, relationships and intimacy; she does so...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Pickin’-n-Chckin’
Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys
In most cases, the borders between the band’s Prince Edward Island homeland and the rest of North America aren’t apparent...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
