Britt Pernille Frøholm – Nordfjord (Mere Records, 2017) Nordfjord is the second solo album by talented Norwegian fiddler Britt Pernille Frøholm. Although she has recorded…
A Musical Journey Around Nordfjord
Category: Album reviews
Calexico Takes a Slight Detour
Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti Records, 2018) Calexico’s 9th studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti- records), is a slight detour…
Deeply Mesmerizing Ud
Smadj – Solotronic (Whirling Wolf, 2017) Solotronic is the new solo album by Smadj (Jean-Pierre Smadja), a French-Tunisian artist who has taken the ud (Arabic…
Clarice Assad’s Musical Dream Becomes a Reality
Clarice Assad – Imaginarium (Adventure Music, 2014) Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Clarice Assad demonstrates that the Assad family (a well-respected musical family in Brazil) tradition…
Euphoric Rhythms by Boogaloo Revivalists
Spanglish Fly – Ay Que Boogaloo! (Chaco World Music, 2018) Ay Que Boogaloo! is the new album by New York-based multinational bilingual band Spanglish Fly.…
Likembe Meets Afropop
Lulendo – Mwinda (Buda Records, 2017) Mwinda is the fourth studio album by Angolan singer-songwriter and likembe (thumb piano) player Lulendo Mvulu. Most of…
Psychedelic Trance Blues from Siberia
ХаPа [KhaRa] – “Мерячение” [Meryachenie] (Sketis Music SKMR-125, 2016) KhaRa ia an exciting genre-defying Siberian trio that combines blues jams, shamanic percussion, Slavic melodies and…
Gabriel Fliflet’s Warm and Poetic Norwegian Songs
Gabriel Fliflet – Sevje (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2017) Sevje is a calm, laid back album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Fliflet. It’s a melodic recording…
Masterful Recreations of Carnatic Ragas by Akshara
Akshara – In Time (Blue Skinned God Records, 2017) In Time is the debut album by Akshara, a world fusion ensemble rooted in Carnatic music…
Searing and Exuberant Robert Randolph
Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Got Soul (Sony Masterworks, 2017) Robert Randolph puts his latest recording with The Family Band called Got Soul…