Reviews
Heart of the Congos
After failing to interest an international label when first released in 1977, Heart of the Congos has long been regarded...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Sonoridade Pólvora
Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Introducing… Rubén González
Recorded in two days in Havana in 1996 at the end of the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, the debut...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Junkerpunch
Hillfolk Noir are a trio of banjo, fiddle and double bass who hail from Boise, Idaho. The band are led...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Smoke Behind the Clouds
Smoke Behind the Clouds taps the deep, rich reservoir of the old-time American songbook. Led by East Tennessee native Joseph...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Fading Mystery
There's a lot of this around: acoustic groups led by articulate singer-songwriters playing accomplished bluegrass-influenced music. But while Taarka aren’t...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Jayme Stone's Folklife
An extension of his 2015 Lomax Project, the renowned Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone now presents us with Jayme Stone's Folklife,...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Banzeiro
Find yourself some wiggle room: Dona Onete is back with another dose of salubrious grooves from the north of Brazil....
Reviewed in issue July/2017
La Migra
Opening track ‘Aguanileo’ is a marvellous thing: seven minutes of swirling guitars and horns, electronic trills and crashing sound effects...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
