Gitkin – Safe Passage (Wonderwheel, 2020) Gitkin, Brian J’s cross-genre world music project masterfully combines Tuareg-style desert blues guitar, flavorful Latin American rhythms, retro chicha…
Gitkin Explores New Global Tonalities
Category: Album reviews
The Fantastic Orquesta Failde, Flamekeeper of the Family Musical Tradition
Orquesta Failde – Failde con Tumbao (Egrem, 2020) Failde con Tumbao is the third album from one of Cuba’s finest dance orchestras, Orquesta Failde. The…
Delightful Jazz Guitar Versions of Jobim Classics
Albare – Albare Plays Jobim (Alfi Records, 2020) Albare Plays Jobim presents exquisite instrumental jazz guitar versions of Jobim’s bossa nova classics. Albare (Albert Dadon)…
Eve Comes Out of The Closet, Vahdats Celebrate Sisterhood
Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – I Am Eve (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2008) “I Am Eve” marks the second KKV recording by the Iranian Vahdat Sisters. On…
Recreations of Sacred Hindu Mantras from Freedom and Leela
Freedom and Leela – Ru (Times Music, 2011) This is an album for the more spiritually inclined. The 9 tracks are renditions of sacred Hindu…
Brilliant Encounter of Latin Jazz and Cuban Music
Harold López-Nussa – Te Lo Dije (Mack Avenue Music Group, 2020) Harold López-Nussa is a fantastic piano player and composer based in Havana, Cuba. Te…
A Masterful Modern Touch to Ancient Indian Traditions
Falu & Karyshma – Someday (Monsoon Records, 2020) Falu & Karyshma is a group of Indian musicians who migrated to the United States and play…
A Brilliant Tribute to the Music That Emanates from the Streets of Havana
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola – Viento y Tiempo – Live At Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music/Sony Music Latin, 2020) Two outstanding Cuban musicians,…
Oye Mujer from Ladama
Ladama – Oye Mujer (Six Degrees, 2020) Ladama, the musical collective featuring women from South American and the United States, has released this new album…
Flamenco Appeal Across the Atlantic
The lure of flamenco has attracted musicians and dancers across the globe. Here, we review two North American acts influenced by Flamenco. Canadian band Tamar…