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Latin Funk Alter Ego
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsBrownout Oozy (Nat Geo Music , 2012) Austin’s Brownout is one of the most captivating Latin roots rock bands in the U.S. music scene. Although the group was initially an... -
The Giant Banjos of Lubumbashi
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsVarious Artists The Karindula Sessions – Tradi modern Sounds from Southeast Congo (Crammed Discs CRAW 70, 2011) The Karindula Sessions introduces a new African style called karindula. The album contains... -
Living Colurs
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsNadaka Living Colurs (Rain Tree Records) Quebec-born multi-instrumentalist Nadaka has spent over three decades in India, particularly in Auroville. In this fine fusion album he plays with the five Basavaraj... -
Folila
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsAmadou + Mariam Folila (Nonesuch, 2012) Folila is the eagerly anticipated new studio album by one of Africa’s most famous musical couples, Amadou & Mariam. With this new recording, Marc-Antoine... -
Zamrock Legend Witch Releases We Intend To Cause Havoc! Boxed Set
Posted on April 28, 2012 | No CommentsWitch We Intend To Cause Havoc! (Now-Again Records, 2012) Very little sub-Saharan rock music ever made it outside of Africa. In Zambia there was a music trend known as Zamrock... -
Cool Elixir
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsMarcel Khalife Fall of the Moon (Nagam Records, 2012) Listeners dipping into Marcel Khalife’s double CD Fall of the Moon will surely find a cool elixir to slake their musical... -
Brooklyn Flamencos
Posted on April 26, 2012 | 1 CommentCaramelo Ride (independent, 2012) Caramelo is an American band from New York City, composed of musicians and flamenco dancers inspired by Spanish flamenco hybrids as well as R&B, alt rock,... -
Slow Funk
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsRob Make It Fast Make It Slow (Soundway SNWLP0490, 2012) The Soundway label presents another of its amazing African music discoveries. Make It Fast Make It Slow is the reissue... -
Worlds Kaleid
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 1 CommentKamerunga Worlds Kaleid (Kamerunga Records, 2012) Sliding the northeastern Australian band Kamerunga into a genre would be a bit like putting a sweater on my cat – difficult and in... -
Waking from the Roots
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No CommentsColin Farish and John-Carlos Perea Coyote Jump: Waking from the Roots (Canyon Records, 2012) Native American music often comes with the rep for being rigidly spare, opting to stick to...