Reviews
Cesaria Evora &…
The 19 duets on this compilation cover almost 20 years, and offer both a wonderful retrospectiveof Cesaria’s career and something...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
Spirits of Mauronoros
The ancient world and the turbulent present collide to great effect on this, the second LP from the Greek woodwind...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: November/2024
Laysongs
Nowhere has master mandolinist Thile’s formidable artistry been more fully realized than on Laysongs. Urged on by Nonesuch Records honcho...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Cosmologies
The village of Rääkkylä in Finnish Karelia has an important place in Finland's musical history as the birthplace, nearly 40...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2021
DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche
The Mapuche are the sole surviving indigenous community in the Southern Cone. Settled mainly in the temperate Andean regions of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Youn
The immediate (and significant) feeling I got when I first started listening to this 1965 concert was one of privilege;...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2024
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
Luci e Guai
Raised in Lyon with the tunes his Sicilian grandmother sang to him, Julien Lesuisse set out in search of his...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2021
