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Review of When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969

When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★★★

Cinema has in recent years given the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s a legendary – perhaps even mythical...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Río Abajo

Río Abajo

Rebecca Roger Cruz

Top of the World

Airfono

Rating: ★★★★

Now domiciled in Lyon, France, this young Venezuelan singer, percussionist and member of the Réunionese-Venezuelan quartet, Parranda La Cruz, has...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of AFIM

AFIM

Zé Ibarra

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Zé Ibarra is clearly a scholar of Brazilian music. The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's latest album pays respect to strains...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Tropicoqueta

Tropicoqueta

Karol G

Bichota/Interscope

Rating: ★★★

After the huge success of the Puerto Rican roots album by reggaeton star Bad Bunny, it's the turn of Colombia's...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Write It Down

Write It Down

Jackson and the Janks

Jalopy Records

Rating: ★★★

The second album by self-described “New York-based rock and roll and rhythm and blues garage gospel band” Jackson and the...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of So Long Little Miss Sunshine

So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Molly Tuttle

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With her latest solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle further secures her reputation as one of modern...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Lift Up This Old World

Lift Up This Old World

Hilary Hawke

Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★

New York-based banjoist, vocalist and composer Hilary Hawke's résumé includes writing and performing for Broadway productions, filling in with late-night...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Ao Vivo

Ao Vivo

Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia

Sony

Rating: ★★★★

In 2024, Caetano Veloso and his younger sister Maria Bethânia reunited half a century after they first performed together for...

Reviewed in issue September/2025

Review of Nubes Selva

Nubes Selva

Grecia Albán

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Review of Second Circle the Horizon

Second Circle the Horizon

Sally Anne Morgan

Top of the World

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★★★

To evoke the natural world is an age-old quest for musicians. To accomplish the mission so thoroughly and sonorously, as...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

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