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Review of Mãe

Mãe

Cristina Branco

Locomotiva Azul

Rating: ★★★★

Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023

Review of Caribe

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Persona Editorial

Rating: ★★★

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023

Review of Conversations We’ve Had Before

Conversations We’ve Had Before

Eliza Carthy Trio

Eliza Carthy

Rating: ★★★★★

With stalwart melodeon player Saul Rose and sympatico guitarist David Delarre, Eliza Carthy has hit on the perfect combination. They...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2023

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Cristina Branco

Locomotiva Azul

Rating: ★★★★

Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023

Review of Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2023

Review of Néktar

Néktar

Ava Rocha

YB Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2023

Review of Empire Electric

Empire Electric

No-No Boy

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The new album, Empire Electric, from No-No Boy, the alter ego of rogue folklorist Julian Saporiti, dives into Southeast Asian...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: November/2023

Review of La Novia

La Novia

La Cantiga de la Serena

Zero Nove Nove

Rating: ★★★

An album of Sephardic and traditional songs from Puglia’s La Cantiga de la Serena, a trio made up of Fabrizio...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2023

Review of Switched On

Switched On

Pachyman

ATO Records

Rating: ★★★

Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2023

Review of Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2023

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