Reviews

Woodland

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Precision, persistence and grace in the face of adversity, grief and destruction are at the heart of this impeccably intricate...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Wake the Dead

Chuck Prophet & ¿Qiensave?

San-Franciscan Chuck Prophet teams up with cumbia urbana group ¿Qiensave? from California with roots in Michoacán, Mexico, on Wake the...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Pique

Dora Morelenbaum

Those familiar with the surname Morelenbaum or the Latin Grammy award-winning band Bala Desejo in the context of Brazilian music...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Canhoto de Pé

Thiago França

Since his first recordings in 2009 Thiago França has covered a remarkable variety of genres, from the Afro-jazz-punk of MetaL...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

FA-5

FA-5

The latest Cuban Classic is a strange affair: the disco-funk outfit manage to sound oddly reminiscent of 80s UK jazz-funk...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Sonorous Present

Alex E Chávez

Grammy-winning Quetzal Flores likes ‘working with talented people,’ so answered the call of this author, educator and member of Latinx...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Goldenwings

Opa

In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Still + Bright

Amythyst Kiah

Tennessee singer, guitarist, banjo player and songwriter Amythyst Kiah has come a long way from her early roots singing Appalachian...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Twisted Sage

Kenny Kosek with Tony Trischka

Here’s a recipe for a great old-time fiddle and banjo album: first, learn a bunch of tunes as a teenager...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

Ubalafon

Gil Felix

Hailing from Salvador de Bahía, Felix takes elements of bossa nova, samba, reggae, Afrobeat and more to mould them smartly...

Reviewed in issue December/2024