Ruben Blades Presents Paraiso Road Gang (RB Records, 2019) Famed singer-songwriter, producer and actor Ruben Blades is enjoying a highly productive phase. Recently, he has…
The Multiple Sides of Ruben Blades
Category: Album reviews
The Musical Joy of the Gypsies of Rajasthan
Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Times of Maharajas (ARC Music There are some CDs that are remarkable easy to review. These are the ones filled…
Ricardo Peixoto’s Remarkably Expressive Brazilian guitar
Ricardo Peixoto – Scary Beautiful (Ricardo Peixoto, 2019) Brazilian guitarist and composer Ricardo Peixoto collaborates with American and Brazilian jazz and classical musicians Scary Beautiful.…
Mexican Roots Fusion and Social Fairness from the Villalobos Brothers
Villalobos Brothers – Somos (Villalobos Brothers, 2019) The Villalobos Brothers hail from Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico area. Their finely-crafted music includes an exquisite…
The Idiosyncratic Vocals of Moken
Moken – Missing Chapters (Moodswing Records, 2019) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Moken delivers a genre-defying album where virtuosic jazz meets Afro-roots, American folk, lively Afropop and blues.…
Candid Respect for American Stringband Music
Tui – Pretty Little Mister (Pretty Little Mister, 2019) The shiny sparkly goodness whipped up on the debut recording Pretty Little Mister by the duo…
A New Side of Kurdish Fusion
Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont, 2019) Singer-songwriter and saz player Adir Jan Tekîn formed the project Adir Jan (Adirjam) in the spring of 2014. Although…
The Thriving Malagasy Scene During the 1970s-1980s
Various Artists – Alefa Madagascar – Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984 (STRUT207, 2019) Strut continues its essential compilation series of Indian…
Superb Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band
Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band – Antidote (Concord Jazz, 2019) Every once in a while you come across a recording that completely stuns…
Central Asian and Avant-Garde Explorations
Alim Qasimov & Michel Godard – Awakening (Buda Musique, 2019) Awakening is a genre-defying recording from Azerbaijani mugham singer Alim Qasimov and French musician Michel…