Reviews
Buenos Hermanos
There was the Buena Vista Social Club, of course. And then there was Ibrahim Ferrer, its unofficial frontman. Born at...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
The Blue Book of Storyville
Don Vappie is one of the world's preeminent banjoists and an out and proud New Orleans Creole (of French and...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
North Star Calling
When listening to Leela Gilday's latest album, North Star Calling, one is instantly transported to a vast land of powerful...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Ritmos Queridos
Based in France, where he organises Marseille's annual Tambory Canto Latin music festival at the Cité de la Musique, Simon...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Due to the Darkness
From the Badlands of South Dakota by way of the Pacific Northwest comes The Gossamer Strings' sophomore album, Due to...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
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
Back to Sustain
Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves
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
Vida-Código
For Vida-Código -his fourth album and his third on the Swedish Ajabu! label – Tiganá Santana presents very little of...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Calypso Travels
Lord Invader & His Calypso Group
One of three initial releases in the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, Calypso Travels features native Trinidadian Lord Invader (born...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
