Reviews
Kaleidophonica
There comes a point when every serious folk musician has to ask what their music's for. They are not the...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: March/2012
16 Miles
Jaywalkers are the fresh-faced duo of Jay Bradberry (vocals, fiddle and guitar) and Michael Giverin (mandolin and guitar). As the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2012
Sparrowmania!
Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) is now 76 years old and seemingly still per¬forming and occas¬ionally issuing new recordings. With...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Upside Down
Mauricio Maestro & Nana Vasconcelos
Touted as an epistle from a ‘ time when people dared to make liberated records.’ this collaboration between two Brazilian...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2012
The Hogtown Sessions
Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys
Fans of the classic 1960s and 70s bluegrass era will get some serious kicks from this joint project by Portland-based...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2012
Kertünk Alatt
Hungarian band Besh o Drom have been together now in one form or another for over a decade, and in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Kinshasa Succursale
Recorded in 2008, the story of Kinshasa Succursale has the trappings of a film script. Congolese-Belgian rapper-cum-dandy Baloji had turned...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Sixth Sense
The Taal Tantra Experience with Tanmoy Bose
This is Taal Tantra’s second album, in which Indian and German musicians combine raga and jazz, fusing European and Indian...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Strange Birds in Paradise
Subtitled A West Papuan Soundtrack: Music Can Rise Above Tyranny, this recording provides the audio backing to a recent documentary...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
