Reviews
We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Going
‘Dig it, baby, dig it!’ Profound, this ain’t – but groovy it sure is. Focusing on a golden era of...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
symbiont
On Spider Tales, his 2020 debut album, Jake Blount blazed a trail through the forest of roots music in general...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Odisseia Tropical
Maybe the nights are drawing in, but this album will bring the sun back and put a spring in your...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Dance of Love
Born in 1941 in San Francisco, Belgium-based folk singer-songwriter Tucker Zimmerman is a child of the 60s. Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, draft-dodging...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Canciones en Blanco y Negro
For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Choque Eletrostático
Lebeis comes from a background in theatre production but uses this assured debut to show her abilities in sound, texture...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Terceiro Mundo
The opening sound bite of Terceiro Mundo, ‘EntreMundos’, refers back to the São Paulo group’s 2017 second album of the...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Dreamer’s Motel
Joachim Cooder took his time to emerge from his father’s shadow but it was a family apprenticeship well-spent, playing percussion...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
