Reviews
Cadence Revolution 1973-1981: Disque Debs International Vol 2
Volume two of Strut's exploration of Disque Debs International recordings - the longest-running and most prolific label of the French...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
MandolinMan Plays Bossa Nova
As their name might suggest, the Belgian quartet MandolinMan are all mandolin players. Their first album, Old Tunes, Dusted Down,...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Buenos Hermanos
There was the Buena Vista Social Club, of course. And then there was Ibrahim Ferrer, its unofficial frontman. Born at...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
The Blue Book of Storyville
Don Vappie is one of the world's preeminent banjoists and an out and proud New Orleans Creole (of French and...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
North Star Calling
When listening to Leela Gilday's latest album, North Star Calling, one is instantly transported to a vast land of powerful...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Ritmos Queridos
Based in France, where he organises Marseille's annual Tambory Canto Latin music festival at the Cité de la Musique, Simon...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Due to the Darkness
From the Badlands of South Dakota by way of the Pacific Northwest comes The Gossamer Strings' sophomore album, Due to...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Back to Sustain
Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
