Carlos Santana revved up his band with grooves adapted from Africa and the Caribbean, jamming live in the studio. In multiple languages, Buika addresses hard times and the turmoil of love as Santana’s band ignites. The debut album by the songwriter, singer, violinist and producer Sudan Archives (born Brittney Parks) carries the potential of her homemade EPs even further. Justin Vernon assembles Bon Iver’s songs ever so painstakingly, with a shifting array of collaborators, elaborate electronic manipulation and lyrics that often need decrypting. But what comes through all the convolutions is a paradoxically pastoral warmth: earnest, yearning melodies and music that rustles and burbles like a digitally enchanted forest.

Source: New York Times December 05, 2019 09:56 UTC