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Category: Album reviews
Dead Can Dance Envision the Rituals of Dionysus
Dead Can Dance – Dionysus (Pias America, 2019) Anyone who has dipped an ear into the musical wonderlands crafted by Dead Can Dance knows that…
Chamber Music Meets Brazil
Benji & Rita – Benji & Rita (Big Apple Batucada, 2019) Benji & Rita is a Brazilian music duo based in New York featuring American…
Baba Da’s Great Tradition
Adidam Sacred Music Guild – Baba Da’s Great Tradition (WorldWide Records, 2007) The acoustic music on this CD was spontaneously improvised by musicians from the…
Saxophone and Ud Intersections
Atlas Maior – Riptide (Atlas Maior, 2019) American world jazz ensemble Atlas Maior presents a set of saxophone-dominated musical pieces inspired by Middle Eastern modes,…
Foot Tapping Goodness from Le Vent du Nord
Le Vent du Nord – Territoires (Borealis Records, 2019) Canadian Quebecois band Le Vent du Nord has been busy lately with touring throughout the USA…
Putumayo Showcases Female Songwriters
Various Artists – Putumayo Presents… Acoustic Women (Putumayo World Music, 2019) This international music compilation provides a sampling of music made by female artists from…
Angelique Kidjo’s Spirited Celebration of Afro-Latin Music
Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve/Universal Music France, 2019) As a young girl, Angelique Kidjo was inspired by Cuban singer and salsa star Celia Cruz. Angelique’s…
Eljuri Releases a Set of her Reggae Songs
Eljuri – Resiste – La colección Reggae de Eljuri (Manovill Records, 2019) New York-based Ecuadorian singer and guitarist Cecilia Villar Eljuri, better known as Eljuri,…
The Experimental Side of Sheila Chandra
Sheila Chandra – This Sentence is True (EMI/Narada, 2001) Sheila Chandra, the Anglo-Indian singer who released a number of synth-pop albums in the 1980s, is…