Autorickshaw (Tala-Wallah Records, 2003) The word autorickshaw sums up this Toronto quintet’s musical repertoire. When I used the search wordautorickshaw, I found a handful of…
Pedaling tabla beats
Author: Patricia Herlevi
Two by Shweta Jhaveri
Shweta Jhaveri Anahita (Intuition, 1998) Avishkar (21st Century Cosmos, 2003) I enjoy serendipity, so I play a game with myself that involves sifting through the…
A Cure for them Blues
Martina Sorbara – The Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk America, 2003) Before I begin the review of Martina Sorbara’s debut CD, I would like to mention…
Chill out
Compilasian, The World of Indipop (Narada World, 2003) The release of Narada World’s Compilasian (The World of Indipop) comes as more of a sign of…
One for the Road
Harry Manx – Road Ragas (Salt Spring Island, Canada, 2003) I have found that there is little safety to be found from paint by number artists,…
Party On!
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Old Roots New World (Shanachie, 2002) Hailing from Chicago and named after the infamous Maxwell Street, (an area compared to New…
Preaching to the Choir
Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria Mechemetio (Intuition, 2000) Bulgarian choir music and folk dance drew awareness in the West when 4 AD Records released records by…
California Singing
Deborah Falconer – Brave like me (Ravish, 2003) A life of singer-songwriter is a hard one. Any songwriter can come up with interesting chord progressions…
Bembeya Jazz–Bembeya
Bembeya Jazz – Bembeya (World Village, 2003) Released on World Village, sporting three vocalists, four guitarists, a horn trio, drums and percussion, Guinea’s Bembeya Jazz…
CD Review: Idrissa Diop – Yakar
Idrissa Diop Yakar (Tinder Records, 2003) Senegalese band leader Idrissa Diop offers us his dance to you drop release, Yakar which marks another sizzling recording…