Reviews
Me Quité
A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions
Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
J'ai Bu
Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project
The Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project originated from a busking trip to south-west China in 2006 by songwriter and guitarist Jean-Philippe...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Keys
What a magical mix of thrumming and twanging strings, imaginative songwriting and improvisational prowess is Keys, the debut album by...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Pachanga Time
With its gorgeous retro cover art and deliberate golden-age smarts Side A was recorded using ribbon microphone technology –...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Cera Perdida
Since their inception a decade ago, Bogotá-based Colombian cumbia pioneers Frente Cumbiero have been a force to be reckoned with....
Reviewed in issue June/2026
The King of Ramps (The Music of Melvin Wine)
Old-time fiddler and banjo player Ben Townsend pays homage to a revered master of West Virginia fiddling, Melvin Wine, on...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
First Farewell
This is a remarkable album by a singersongwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and writer who grows more impressive as the years go...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Fall Like Rain
From the opening title-track, a brilliantly rendered bluegrass cover of Eric Clapton’s song from his 1998 LP Pilgrim, to the...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Anticipation
Born out of a tour around Trans-Pecos (west Texas), this first album of instrumental duets by guitarists Knowler and Winter...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
