Kane Mathis – Counterpoints (2017) American composer and multi-instrumentalist Kane Mathis has been a student and player of the West African kora for many years.…
Melodic Kora Designs
Category: Album reviews
Timelessly Crafted Welsh Songs
Gwyneth Glyn – Tro (bendigedig BENDI1, 2017) Tro is the first release on a new label called bendigedig which is dedicated to Welsh music talent.…
Entrancing Chadenn
Le Bour – Bodros – Chadenn (Paker Productions, 2016) Timothée Le Bour and Youen Bodros is a duo that performs contemporary acoustic music inspired by…
Southwestern Healing Flute
Jonah Littlesunday – Gratitude – Native American Flute Healing (Canyon Records, 2017) Gratitude – Native American Flute Healing is an album of meditative flute music…
The Fascinating Folk Music Traditions of Horňácko
Various Artists – Antologie moravské lidové hudby – CD 1 – Horňácko (Indies Scope, 2011) Antologie moravské lidové hudby – Horňácko is the first volume…
Rubén Blades’ Tribute to Legendary Latin Music Big Bands
Rubén Blades – Salsa Big Band (Rubén Blades Producciones, 2017) Rubén Blades, one of the undisputed masters of salsa music, has released his second album…
Dutch Tangueros
El Juntacadaveres – Twists and Turns (Zimbraz/Music & Words, 2015) El Juntacadaveres (the corpse gatherer) is a Netherlands-based band led by Argentine multi-instrumentalist Enrique Noviello.…
San Francisco’s Zanzibar
Zanzibar – Zanzibar (Zanzibar, 2014) American band Zanzibar delivers a rhythmically powerful mix of Afro-Funk, Afro-Latin music and rock. The vocals by this San Francisco-based…
Latin Afrojam from Chicago
¡ESSO! Afrojam Funkbeat – Juntos (2017) Juntos is the new album by a Chicago-based collective with rotating members named ¡ESSO! (El Sonido Sonic Octopus). The…
Jazz and Egyptian Intersections
Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music/Justin Time, 2017) Flying Carpet is a project that brings together two German ensembles, Quadro Nuevo…