Reviews
I Saw a Sign: 1940-1947 Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways has done such a splendid job in curating Woody Guthrie's legacy via a superbly presented and award-winning set...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Absolutely Live II: Viva Mexico!
Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars
Led by Juan de Marcos, the Cuban legend who provided many of the arrangements on Buena Vista Social Club, this...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Two Beats One Soul
Of all the recent Cuban mash-ups, this fusion of Cuban and North American music comes with the most inflated publicity....
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Monarch
Listen to the whirling guitar riffs, pulsing harmonica shouts and virile vocals on ‘Little Bird’, the opening track of this...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Bákini: En el Nuevo Mundo
Bákini is not just the name of this album, it is a project led by musicians and educators Michael Spiro...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Onwards
Formed in 2014, Mile Twelve are largely the product of the interest in bluegrass and other acoustic folk idioms within...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Fifteen
For their first new album in six years, The Wailin’ Jennys celebrate a 15-year-long relationship with a nine-track collection of...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two
Brighton's estimable Mr Bongo label started its record club as an opportunity to air obscure vinyl finds from its crate-digging...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo
Lila Downs is a Latin American superstar. On her ninth album she fronts an orchestra of 20 musicians from as...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Two Sevens Clash
It's rare for a group to write a record so powerful that it instilled an impending fear of apocalypse in...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
