Reviews
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010
Inner Fire
A beefy baritone sax hails the return of the little big band from Ottowa. Whatever they've done to that 8-track...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Sound the People
Brooklyn-based Red Baraat are an international, bhangra-infused version of the brass bands that accompany Indian weddings and festivals. Their latest...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Country Music
In the 1920s and early 30s the term ‘country music’ had yet to be invented, so any description applied to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019
The Kite
The Paris-based Chinese erhu (two-string fiddle) virtuoso Guo Gan has undergone a prolific period lately, releasing albums of his own...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
See You Around
After years of teasing us – an impromptu debut at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2014, a world tour and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
Vacanti Sugnu China: Sicilian Folksongs
Matilde Politi e Compagnia Bella
Palermo-born Matilde Politi sings of disillusionment and resistance, despair and anger, love and longing, relationships and intimacy; she does so...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Revel and Rhyme
This is a serious-minded collection of original ballads in the English folk song tradition. The opener, ‘World Turned Upside Down’,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2020
If I Had the Strength
I'd never considered that Gogol Bordello might be popular in Canada, but Canadian band Lemon Bucket Orkestra prove that the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018
