Reviews
Povo Brasileiro
Rua Das Pretas’ Povo Brasileiro is a warm, communal album that captures both spirit and sound. Inspired by Darcy Ribeiro’s...
Reviewed in issue July/2026
No Ritmo da Terra
A new São Paulo alternative combo has arrived, retaining respect for Brazilian pop traditions while bathing in a dense, hazy...
Reviewed in issue July/2026
The Forgotten Parts
Ian Brennan’s peripatetic career has seen him put to tape a range of recordings from across the world. Alongside notable...
Reviewed in issue July/2026
Amourette
Pretty much the only group to be holding the torch for traditional Acadian music in New Brunswick, La Famille LeBlanc...
Reviewed in issue July/2026
Cantigas
On Cantigas Nilza Costa takes a direct approach to music that is often exoticised or treated as ornament. Born in...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Midnight Hurricane
This is an impressive debut album from North Carolina’s teenage bluegrass prodigy. Asher Brinson is just 16 years old, but...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Blood Sucking Maniacs
In 1965, a young man from Wichita, Kansas, named Terry Allen performed ‘Red Bird’, the first song he ever wrote,...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Grandpa’s Mill
Growing up in Albany, Kentucky, a small town (pop. ~2,000) located on the central Tennessee border, Colton Bowlin worked six...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
Amú
Now based in Melbourne, Brazilian expatriate Neto seems to yearn for home on Amú as there’s much talk of summer...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
BarrioKandela
“Doctor Nativo doesn’t make music to fit into genres” his publicity suggests, “he makes music to remember.” In creating his...
Reviewed in issue June/2026
