Antonio Andrade – Here We Go! (Life Shakes Records, 2025) Antonio Andrade’s, Here We Go!, presents a covers collection developed during the shutdown months of…
From Ballparks To “Love Shack”: Antonio Andrade Drops Here We Go!
Category: Album reviews
Brazil Meets The World In Brasil Calling Volume 22
Various Artists – Brasil Calling Volume 22 (2025) Brasil Calling Volume 22 highlights 15 tracks that weave Brazil’s regional traditions with contemporary collaborations across continents.…
Andy Nevala’s “El Rumbón (The Party)”—Afro-Cuban Jazz, Reimagined
Andy Nevala – El Rumbón (The Party) (Zoho, 2025) Virtuoso pianist, composer, and educator Andy Nevala has released El Rumbón (The Party), a tasty ten-track…
Songs of the Old World
Rolf Lislevand – Jul I gammel tid (Christmas in the days of old) (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2005) I received many Early Music Christmas recordings this year.…
Charming Cross-Cultural Teamwork, Chicago Immigrant Orchestra’s ‘Sanctuary’
Chicago Immigrant Orchestra – Sanctuary (Wahdude Music, 2025) Chicago Immigrant Orchestra has released Sanctuary, an eclectic, boundary-blurring album focused on preserving folk songs rooted in…
Celtic Woman Unwrap Nollaig – A Christmas Journey For 2025
Celtic Woman Nollaig – A Christmas Journey (Celtic Collections, 2025) Celtic Woman’s Nollaig – A Christmas Journey presents a 13-track Christmas studio album that brings…
Mandé Sila Lights The Way: Habib Koité Unveils Acoustic Supergroup
Mandé Sila – Live @ Levon Helm Studios (Contre-Jour, 2025) Mandé Sila, a new acoustic project led by Malian guitarist and singer Habib Koité, brings…
Kyrgyzstan Jaw Harp Sessions Leap Across Time Zones
11 Hours – Kyrgyzstan Sessions (self-released, 2025) Jaw harp collective 11 Hours gathers virtuoso players from Russia, the United States, Kyrgyzstan, and Sakha (Yakutia) for…
Precious Midnight Melodies In Nidaros Cathedral
Iver Kleive & Knut Reiersrud – Vidunderligst av alt på jord (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2025) Vidunderligst av alt på jord (The most wonderful thing on earth)…
Dean Mueller Teams With John Prine Alums For Wishes Never Gone
Dean Mueller – Wishes Never Gone (Ripping Glass Entertainment, 2024) Americana singer-songwriter Dean Mueller released Wishes Never Gone last year. It features production by Grammy…