Reviews

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard

Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis

More than three decades after their last album as a trio, Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis and William Lee Ellis have...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Brasiliano

Lucas Santtana

This joyful album celebrates language as a window into Brazil’s history and its people. Featuring eight languages, its title, Brasiliano,...

Reviewed in issue May/2026

Here Come The Sons

The Sons of Buena Vista

Five years after Wim Wenders’ 1999 Buena Vista Social Club, he executive produced a follow-up film titled Música Cubana: The...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Makaya

Wesli

Does this ring any bells: “The fourth track, also in twoubadou style but merging into a faster kompa, [showcases] Wesli’s...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition)

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Soon after the release of Genuine Negro Jig by Carolina Chocolate Drops in 2010, the album rocketed into the top...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Everybody Wants to Know How I Die

Uncle Sinner

The fifth album of demon-haunted country blues from Canada’s scariest songwriter. Sinner takes traditional songs as his jumping-off point, expanding...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Filin

Melissa Aldana

Celebrated Chilean-born saxophonist and Blue Note Records torchbearer Melissa Aldana delves into her love of the Cuban filin musical style...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Tukaluguti

Eva Deer

For years, I held up Inuit accordion music as the least-known folk music in the world. There were very few...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

One Mississippi

Eric Bibb

Polished but never bland, infusing even the darkest stories with determined hope and beats that get you more than ready...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

O Que Mais Você Quer Saber De Mim

Dorea

How can this Bahian folk-MPB songwriter differentiate himself from his contemporaries on his second album, when there are many others...

Reviewed in issue April/2026