Reviews
Dos Medinas Blancas
The two white medinas of this album's title are Zaragoza and Fes, the home towns of established singer-songwriter Carmen Paris...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018
ImmiGrand Deluxe
Montréal is a chilly place for five months a year but Wesli, a singer born and raised in Haiti, is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Black Man's Pride
Gathering 18 Studio One recordings from across the 1970s that focus loosely on the black experience, this album finds Alton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Salvavidas de Hielo
Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018
Oliveiras
One should always try to forget any preconceptions when approaching a fado singer from abroad, with no real reputation or...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018
The Divine Abstract
If the sonic right hook that begins ‘Shringara’ indicates the depth of this debut from Londoner Cawood, then the pretty...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2018
Solotronic
His professional career is 24 years old, yet French Tunisian oud (lute) player Jean-Pierre Smadj continues to surprise his followers....
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2018
Thanks for Listening
Fans of the long-running weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion may already be familiar with some of these songs:...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2018
Summertime
Les Bottines Artistiques (The Artistic Boots) are a young instrumental duo with faces as youthful as their music sounds. As...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018
