Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal Musique De Nuit (Six Degrees, 2015) Sharing song composition duties Malian kora master Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal…
View More Lovely and Innovative Musique De NuitAuthor: TJ Nelson
Concert Review: Buena Vista Social Club, Luminaries Of Cuban Music In Durham
Done wowing Europe on their farewell tour, the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club is several weeks in on the North American leg of the…
View More Concert Review: Buena Vista Social Club, Luminaries Of Cuban Music In DurhamLush and Lovely Collaboration
Shujaat Husain Khan and Katayoun Goudarzi Ruby (Shujaat Husain Khan, 2015) Brimming over with flute, tabla, sarangi, santoor, percussion and lavish sitar lines by the…
View More Lush and Lovely CollaborationLusciously Seductive Kora
Sekou Kouyate Sabaru (One World Records, 2015) Son of kora player M´Bady Kouyate and cousin to Ba Cissoko, Guinean kora musician and composer Sekou Kouyate…
View More Lusciously Seductive KoraDelicious Encounter between Swiss and Mongolian Musical Traditions
Arga Bileg Ethno Jazz Band and Heiri Kanzig Quintet Agula: Swiss-Mongolian Music Exchange Project (Musiques Suisses, 2015) A Mongolian band and a Swiss jazz band?…
View More Delicious Encounter between Swiss and Mongolian Musical TraditionsMusically Poetic and Inventive
Bachar Mar-Khalifé Ya Balad (InFine, 2015) With a musical pedigree that includes a degree from the Conservatory of Paris, work with conductors Lorin Maazel and…
View More Musically Poetic and InventiveDizzyingly Good Gnawa Music
Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa Mazal (World Village, 2015) Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa return for another musical dip into the fiery depths…
View More Dizzyingly Good Gnawa MusicEclectic Musical Fantasy
Mamak Khadem The Road (Innova, 2015) Iranian singer Mamak Khadem is set to dazzle fans with her latest The Road on the Innova label. Brimming…
View More Eclectic Musical FantasyMusic is Like Freedom
Terakaft Alone (OutHere Records, 2015) Music is a fragile thing and sadly there are some out there in the world who would stamp it out…
View More Music is Like FreedomFrancesca Blanchard’s Poignant Eulogy and Whole-Hearted Welcome
Francesca Blanchard Deux Visions (Vis-A-Vis, 2015) Okay, I’ll admit it – sometimes when I read “deeply personal” and “singer-songwriter” on press material I inwardly cringe…
View More Francesca Blanchard’s Poignant Eulogy and Whole-Hearted Welcome