Reviews
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Live on Tour
George Kahumoku Jr, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
A master and impresario of kī hō’alu (Hawaiian slack key guitar), George Kahumoku Jr opens this concert recording with a...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories A Celebration: 60 Years
These two prolific octogenarians have represented Brazilian jazz royalty for around six decades, so it’s high time for a three-CD,...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Autopoiética
Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte believes her latest work is also her best. The title refers to an entity’s capability to...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
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
