Reviews
Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais
Singer-songwriter Loulou Boislaville led the Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais from 1966 to 1981, building on the multi-genre ensemble’s already substantial success...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Our Lady of the Tall Trees
From the first track to the last, the sonorous twang and thrum of Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s music is...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Oásis de Bethânia
Like her brother, Caetano Veloso, Bethânia was a key player in the musical revolution which swept through late 60s and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Future Sounds of Buenos Aires
It been several years – six, in fact – since ZZK Records first started to whip the cool kids into...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Jorge: The Definitive Collection
No Brazilian singer has chronicled the unpretentious, good life of simple, working-class Rio more faithfully than Jorge Ben. For almost...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Between The Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Bluegrass
A handful of engaging selections punctuate the 13 tracks on this album, Putumayo’s initial venture into the bluegrass realm. David...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
American Hornpipe
This is the fourth album from the American duo whose credo is ‘new-time old-time music’ and who follow the tracks...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Bright Land
The San Francisco-based quintet the Crooked Jades rival the Carolina Chocolate Drops as the foremost proponents of pre-radio old-time rural...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
