The generous amount of music offered on The Conversation by Pete's Posse may not get you much closer to identifying...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
It's ‘Chan Chan’ again, Jim, but not as we know it… This time the Cuban staple song gets a reggae...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Contemporary bluegrass- and rag-based groups often write and arrange their material to appeal to contemporary listeners – which might mean...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Ecuadorean-born Coca Tenorio has a powerful, plangent voice. Settling in the Highlands of Scotland, she's imbibed that country's liking for...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Something must be wrong with my ears. Every advance review of Turmoil & Tinfoil, the debut album by Nashville-based fourth-generation...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Since her debut in 2000, Canadian fiddler April Verch has sounded ever more confident both at soloing and at supporting...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa
Widely regarded as Brazil's most preternaturally gifted musician, Hermeto Pascoal has covered an incredible amount of creative ground in his...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
It's become fashionable – or at least SEO-savvy – to give records epic subtitles. This album's subtitle is ‘The Sound...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
On reading that Robert Wyatt came out of retirement to produce Vasconcelos' eighth album (having previously worked with her on...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Traditional themes of family, community and social justice dominate the debut album by Sam Gleaves and Tyler Hughes, two young...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
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