Reviews
Caboclo
As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks: Honky Tonk Vol 2
Long before Charlie Gillett became a world music DJ (and guru) he was something of a seer for what's now...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Le Mystère des Chants Mayas
We have no idea what the more musically minded Mayans got up to during their human sacrifices, ball-court tournaments, weddings...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Ya Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music featured 84 tracks recorded between 1927 and 1932 and was first released in...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots
The alt-country movement in the 90s was a reaction to the candyfloss of modern Nashville. It gave birth to a...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Perotá Chingó
Every summer, thousands of Argentinian 20-something urbanites hit the road in order to discover themselves in Patagonia, Salta, or the...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Sake of the Sound
Front Country were formed in 2011 by some of San Francisco's finest young bluegrass and acoustic roots players – Adam...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Bass & Mandolin
Classical bass player Edgar Meyer and bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile first teamed up on a 2008 duets album that fused...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Last of the Outlaws
Railroad Earth balance a studious approach to Americana, which generates tuneful passages and thoughtful songs, with a “Worry? What, us?”...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015
