Angelique Kidjo Eve (429 Records, 2014) With recordings like Oremi, Black Ivory Soul, Djin Djin, Oyo and Spirit Rising to her credit, as well as…
Angelique Kidjo Lets the Voices of Women Show Their Beauty To The World
Author: TJ Nelson
TJ Nelson is a regular CD reviewer and editor at World Music Central. She is also a fiction writer. Check out her latest book, Chasing Athena's Shadow.
Set in Pineboro, North Carolina, Chasing Athena's Shadow follows the adventures of Grace, an adult literacy teacher, as she seeks to solve a long forgotten family mystery. Her charmingly dysfunctional family is of little help in her quest. Along with her best friends, an attractive Mexican teacher and an amiable gay chef, Grace must find the one fading memory that holds the key to why Grace’s great-grandmother, Athena, shot her husband on the courthouse steps in 1931.
Traversing the line between the Old South and New South, Grace will have to dig into the past to uncover Athena’s true crime.
The Savagely Satisfying Sound Collisions of Esko Jarvela Epic Male Band
Esko Jarvela Epic Male Band Esko Jarvela Epic Male Band (Sibelius Academy Folk Music Recordings, 2013) To get a little more information on the Esko…
Resilient Desert Blues
Tartit with Imharhan Live from the Sahara (Clermont Music, 2013) Set for release on November 12th on the Clermont Music label, two groups of the…
Indian Singer and Bollywood Luminary Dies
Famed Indian singer Manna Dey died Thursday, October 24, 2013 in a Bangalore hospital. Mr. Dey had been in increasingly poor health in recent months,…
A Modern Upgrade to Exotica
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Timbuktu Tarab Showcases the Diversity of Malian Musical Influences
Khaira Arby Timbuktu Tarab (Clermont Music, 2010) Pooling a stellar group of musicians and committing herself to singing the praises and hardships of the people…
Enfolding the Sounds of West Africa, Jazz and Rock into the Riches of Gnawa Trance Music
Aziz Sahmaoui Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa (Naïve, 2011) It comes as no surprise that musicians like Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and bassist and…
A Musical Wonderland Where Tradition Seeps Into Modernity and Vice Versa
Anoushka Shankar Traces of You (Deutsche Grammophon, 2013) The late and much revered musician and composer Ravi Shankar has gifted music fans an extraordinary legacy.…
Deeply Seductive Bombay Dub Orchestra
Bombay Dub Orchestra Tales from the Grand Bazaar (Six Degrees, 2013) With previous recordings, the self-titled Bombay Dub Orchestra and 3 Cities, under their belts…
Chatma, a Kaleidoscope of Varying Tuareg Colors
Tamikrest Chatma (Glitterbeat, 2013) The past couple of years in Mali have proved to be a poisoned stew of armed conflict, Islamic rebels looking for…