Various Artists – Ska Around the World (Putumayo World Music, 2018) Putumayo compilation Ska Around the World takes the listener on a lively trip throughout…
Global Visions of Ska
Category: Album reviews
The Entertaining Crosscultural Brass Sounds of Salento
Cesare Dell’Anna and GirodiBanda – Guerra (11/8 Records, 2018) On the album Guerra, Italian trumpeter Cesare Dell’Anna explores various musical genres from a brass band…
A Chiseled Bluegrass Sound Grounded By Tradition
NewTown – Old World (Mountain Home Music, 2018) The group NewTown has on tap Old World on the Mountain Home Music label and this sweet…
Straight to the Heart, the Passionate and Depressive Side of Macha
Macha y El Bloque Depresivo – El Bloque Depresivo (Barbès Records, 2018) El Bloque Depresivo is the debut album from Macha (Aldo Enrique Asenjo Cubillos),…
Irresistible Vishtèn
Vishtèn – Horizons (Vishtèn, 2018) On Horizons, Canadian band Vishtèn continues to explore Acadian roots music. The trio creates tantalizing contemporary folk dance music that…
Jazz Bata 2, the Extension of an Inspired Journey
Chucho Valdés – Jazz Bata 2 (Mack Avenue Records, 2018) Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés’s Jazz Bata 2 is a recording where…
Lustrous and Fresh Areas of High Traffic
Damien O’Kane – Areas of High Traffic (Pure Records, 2015) Often the first impressions that come to mind when handed a Celtic CD are of…
The New Pulse of World Fusion
ShapeShifters – The New Pulse of World Fusion (WorldWide Records/Soundings of the Planet, 2000) This is a largely instrumental album of world fusion music, featuring…
Secrets of Seduction
Enigmatic Obsession – Secrets of Seduction (FreeSpirit, 2008) Listeners familiar with Enigma’s fusion of Gregorian chants and electronica will also appreciate this album by Enigmatic…
Feng Shui: The Eightfold Path
Chinmaya Dunster – Feng Shui: The Eightfold Path (Times Music/New Earth Records, 2000) Chinmaya Dunster was born in England in 1954, and has studied Western…