Reviews
We've Come Along
The latest release by resonator guitar and lap steel specialist Mark Lavengood, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, showcases his...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Sound Therapy
French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2022
Esteesee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the greats of English literature – a founding poet of 19th-century Romanticism. Apparently he...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016
Éthiopiques 29: Mastawesha
Daniel Techane | Kassa Tessema
These two latest releases from Buda are in some respects polar opposites, though connected by a common theme. One is...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2014
José Louis and the Paradox of Love
Pierre Kwenders’ name resonates in many circles. The Kinshasa native, who has been living in Montréal since his mid-teens, has...
Reviewed by Alex DeLacey in issue: May/2022
The Long Road and the Far Horizons
It's safe to say fiddler Gavin Marwick is spoiling us. His latest release is a double-CD of 27 tracks, comprising...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2014
Amarrate!
Amarrate! loosely translates as ‘Buckle Up!’ and this latest release by award-winning outfit Soneros de Verdad certainly takes listeners on...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Slečena Koža
Slovene singer Brina Vogelnik and her band have been quietly doing very good work in extending the musical language of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Sonido Lava
Adding a Berlin sheen to Latin America's electric rhythms, DJ-producer Daniel Haaksman returns with his fourth full-length release, Sonido Lava....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2023
Den Lyse Dag
Far from being a difficult second album, Plassen’s latest release reveals how much her voice and her approach to the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024
