Reviews
The Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove Volume 2
The title is somewhat misleading; half the tracks featured are contemporary and not particularly rare. But then again, the Rough...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Hombre de Piedra
Axel Krygier, the Buenos Aires-born, Switzerland-based multi-instrumentalist, is back with another catchy and refreshingly unpredictable disc. His quirks have definitely...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Lost and Found
The first Buena Vista-brand release in a long while, accompanying the live band's alleged final tour, this is a selection...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Tried and True
Right away, from the opening title-track, you can feel the warm, welcoming, kick-off-your-shoes vibe that runs through Annie Lou's latest...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Lift Up!
Mighty Soul Brass Band, are on first listen, another band in the great New Orleans marching band tradition. Yet a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Sin Limite
El Travieso is the nom de plume of one Candido Fabre Martinez. He's the son of Candido Fabre Sr, who...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
El Saxofón Humano
Fear not, listeners. Contrary to the impression created by his nickname, Aquilino Calzado González is not the even more irritating...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Edge of the Sun
The music of Joey Burns and John Convertino, Calexico's core members, has long explored the Tex-Mex sounds of the cactus-strewn...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Robert Earl Keen's latest album kicks off with a funky little hoedown by Flatt & Scruggs, ‘Hot Corn, Cold Corn.’...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
So Delicious!
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Following their album of gospel songs last year, So Delicious! picks up where this hard rocking country blues trio's 2012...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015
