Reviews
Not So Deep as a Well
For Québec-based musician, Myriam Gendron, it started with a book – a 1936 anthology of the poetry of Dorothy Parker,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Médikamen
Now 15 albums deep, the music of Texas-born, Louisiana-living zydeco busker Corey Ledet remains as vital as ever. However, this...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
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Viva el Sábado: Hits de Disco Pop Peruano (1978-1989)
When musical influences from two distinct cultural regions merge, the results are almost always fascinating, and that’s certainly the case...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Rustin’ in the Rain
Tyler Childers’ sixth studio album, Rustin’ in the Rain,’ is one of the best and brightest indie-country releases in recent...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Microfolk 1-3
Chaz Knapp, Cy Werner & Chaz Prymek
The deeply impressionistic, pointillist improvisations spread across these three wonderful collaborative cassette releases are like subtle adornments to the natural...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
68
Two very different but equally enjoyable reissues from the Munster umbrella of labels, both dating to late-60s Peru. First up,...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Círculo Radiante
Folk singer and experimental artist Soema Montenegro, born in Buenos Aires, has produced her fifth album in tribute to the...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
tds bem Global
Joãozinho was previously a member of the idealistic and anti-imperialist ROSABEGE, and now, seemingly out of nowhere, produces this fully-formed,...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Au Coeur de l’Aube
The Québécois trio of fiddler Pascal Gemme, guitarist Yann Falquet and relative newcomer flautist/accordion player Nicholas Willams deliver their eleventh...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
Me Chama de Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
A pleasant surprise that the ‘electric chicken’ follows up their Latin Grammy-nominated second LP with an album full of upbeat...
Reviewed in issue December/2023
