Reviews
Feast of Wire
In the late 1990s the Americana duo of John Convertino and Joey Burns created a form of desert blues inspired...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Corazones and Canciones
Confidently stating Mexican-American music's place within the American Roots tradition, singer La Marisoul has joined with Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo no Sesc 1998)
Caetano Veloso famously recorded a heartfelt song, ‘Pra Ninguém’, in tribute to his Brazilian music heroes. The song names these...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Blazing/Freezing
This impish New York trio venerate the innovations of Bill Monroe while simultaneously shattering the music he pioneered into tiny...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Celebrants
‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
King of the Blind
Originally from California, now based in Boston, the young uilleann piper Joey Abarta names his second album after a tune...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Cup of Sugar
A native West Virginian, 69-year-old Tim O’Brien represents the best of the contemporary Nashville scene. His instrumental acumen, especially on...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Cleveland Blues
Fred ‘Dave’ Davis was a musician in Kansas City, Missouri, but by the late 1960s, hard luck and prison had...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Hidden Waters showcases the cream of Rio de Janeiro's thriving music scene, moving between samba, bossa nova, Candomblé, jazz and...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Folkocracy
Son of folk-singers Loudon Wainwright and the late Kate McGarrigle, young Rufus can claim descent from ‘folkocracy’, although since his...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
