Reviews
Too Slow to Disco Brasil
‘Um, dois, um-dois-três…’ and then a horn section blasts us straight to the land of Earth Wind & Fire. This...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2018
Jag Changa
When the folk-rocker from Mysore, Raghu Dixit, launched himself on an unsuspecting world in 2008, he didn’t take no for...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Find the Lady
Pauls Sartin and Hutchinson have worked as a duo for 15 years, burrowing into the sheet music and songbooks of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Otodi
The cover of this album goes a great way to describing the audio treasure that lies inside. A mask representing...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Newpart
Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch has been a figure on the Canadian folk scene since the early...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
My Favorite Picture of You
At its best, country & western music tells honest tales with pretty tunes, and that’s what 72-year-old songwriter Guy Clark...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013
Tsikaya: Músicos Do Interior
Blighted by war from 1961 to 2002, Angola has received far less attention for its music than many of its...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Lágrimas Mexicanas
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell
Having made his name sprudng up bossa nova alongside New York's avant-garde set, this isn't the first time Brazilian ex-pat...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011
