Samite – Resilience (Samite Music, 2018) Resilience is a beautiful album by United States-based Ugandan musician and former refugee Samite. His main instrument is the…
The Power of Music That Taps Human Resilience
Category: Album reviews
A Tiempo Real, An Exceptional Collection of Folk Songs from Castilla-La Mancha
Vigüela – A Tiempo Real – A New Take on Spanish Tradition (ARC Music, 2018) A Tiempo Real – A New Take on Spanish Tradition…
The Blue Dahlia International Family
The Blue Dahlia – La Tradition Américaine (Dahlia Dumont, 2018) American singer-songwriter Dahlia Dumont is the artist behind The Blue Dahlia. The New York-based group…
Significant Chamber Strings and Pipa Interplay
Lin Ma & Zhen Chen – On & Between (Navona Records, 2018) On & Between is a remarkable encounter between western classical music and Chinese…
Sitar Meets Contemporary Jazz
Pulsar Trio – Zoo of Songs (t3Records, 2018) Zoo of Songs features innovative contemporary jazz instrumental pieces performed with piano and keyboards, sitar and percussion.…
Nomadic Global Sounds from the Mission District
Makrú – Tu Mission (Makru Music, 2018) San Francisco-based band Makrú incorporates various music traditions on the album Tu Mission. Makrú was formed by two…
Two Giants of Cuban Guitar
Eliades Ochoa and Alejandro Almenares – Dos Gigantes de Música Cubana (Tumi Music, 2018) The Tumi Music label continues to release some of the finest…
Finnish and Beninese Afro-Rooted Encounters
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble – We Are Together (Bafe’s Factory, 2018) Finnish group Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble is an international collaboration that features Finnish and Beninese musicians. On We…
Elegant and Fascinating Kulku
SANS – Kulku (Cloud Valley Music, 2018) If I had to guess you didn’t wake up this morning thinking about how your life was lacking…
The Wholehearted Encounter of Guadeloupe and the Blues
Delgres – Mo Jodi (PIAS, 2018) Mo Jodi (Die Today) is the debut album of Delres, a French band that connects the music of Guadeloupe…