Reviews
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
The extensive liner notes for this two-CD set, with lyrics, tout its achievement of ‘bringing together the music of the...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Close Enough to Hear
With their previous two albums, 2017's Onwards and 2019's enchanting City on a Hill, the warmth, precision and virtuosity of...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Mighty Poplar
This bluegrass supergroup that sees members of the Punch Brothers (Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge) join bassist Greg Garrison (Leftover...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Suite Brasileira
Australian-based guitarist and composer Paul Carey had one goal for his new album: to celebrate Brazilian guitar music. The vision...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Almanac Behind
Visionary guitarist Daniel Bachman is steeped in the tradition of American primitive fingerstyle masters such as John Fahey, Robbie Basho...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Horse Camp
The Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy
In 2020, while camping in the Pacific Northwest, Kendl Winter (vocals, banjo, guitar) and Palmer T Lee (vocals, banjo, guitar),...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Sonido Verde de Moyobamba
Sonido Verde de Moyobamba was a five-piece band formed in 1980 by virtuoso Peruvian guitarist Leonardo Vela Rodriguez. Originating from...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Meu Único Medo É Primavera
After a brief opener in which the Paulistano musician intones the album's title four times to the sole accompaniment of...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
