Reviews
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds
A few months after completing filming for yet another major musicological project, multi-instrumentalist-folklorist Mike Seeger discontinued treatment he had been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
Tatekieto
What’s in a name? PulciPerla is the marriage of two long-standing groups: the high-energy Toulouse quartet of drums, bass, accordion...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Uhamiaji
When a press release states that an album will redefine the boundaries of whatever style it purports to represent, you...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017
Many Languages: One Soul
Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015
História do Choro
História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Finding Friends Far from Home: A Journey with Clara Net
‘Tell us a story!’ kids chant on the opening track of this educational CD. What follows, though not quite a...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Jongando
The last time we had heard of Brazilian singer Catia Werneck she was following a common path within the country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2017
Aïda
Taking inspiration from traditional folk, tribal groove, French rap and the Tokyo underground scene, Maïa Barouh is an artist that...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023
Imaginarium
As the daughter of one of the Assad Brothers, a world-beating Brazilian classical guitar duo, it's perhaps no surprise that...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
