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Category: Album reviews

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Super Ape Indeed Returns to Conquer

Angel Romero August 17, 2017 No Comments DubLee "Scratch" PerryReggae

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Subatomic Sound System – Super Ape Returns to Conquer (Subatomic Sound SS 033CD, 2017) The wizard of dub music, Lee “Scratch”…

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Enthralling Songs of the Mountains

Angel Romero August 16, 2017 No Comments Balsam RangeBluegrass

Balsam Range – Mountain Voodoo (Mountain Home, 2016) Mountain Voodoo was released on November of 2016 and it’s a superb contemporary bluegrass album by western…

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The Best of Lau 2007-2017

Angel Romero August 14, 2017 No Comments LauScottish music

Lau – Decade – The Best of Lau 2007-2017 (Reveal Records, 2017) The Best of Lau 2007-2017 is a great opportunity to discover the music…

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Jocelyn Medina’s Global Diversity

Angel Romero August 10, 2017 No Comments JazzJocelyn Medinaworld jazz

Jocelyn Medina – Common Ground (Running Tree Records, 2007) Common Ground is Jocelyn Medina’s third album. She’s a talented jazz singer and composer who incorporates…

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Nua Teorainn

Tom Orr August 9, 2017 No Comments Celtic music

Various Artists – Nua Teorainn – New Celtic Music from Green Linnet (Green Linnet, 2000) The “new” in the title of this fine compilation is…

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Bokanté’s Stimulating Global Exchange

Angel Romero August 7, 2017 No Comments Bokantéworld fusionworld music

Bokanté – Strange Circles (Ground Up Music, 2017) Strange Circles is the superb debut album of Bokanté, a new supergroup that features a multinational and…

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Dazzling Fiddlin’

Angel Romero August 6, 2017 No Comments Finnish musicFriggworld music

Frigg – Frost on Fiddles (Frigg, 2017) The Finnish fiddle wizards are back with another remarkable album. Frost on Fiddles takes you into a wild…

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Sitar that Grooves

Angel Romero August 4, 2017 No Comments Indian musicsitarSitar Joeworldbeat

Sitar Joe – Venus Tribe (Sitar Joe, 2010) Seductive trance-like electronic dance music beats, Indian and Middle Eastern melodies and the lead sounds of the…

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Uncovered Somali Tapes from Hargeisa

Angel Romero August 1, 2017 No Comments Somali musicSomaliland

Various Artists – Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa (Ostinato Records, 2017) Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes…

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Uho Vocal Wizardry

Angel Romero August 1, 2017 No Comments a cappellaFinnish musicTuuletar

Tuuletar – Uho (Bafe’s Factory, 2017) Finnish vocal music wizards Tuuletar have anew single titled Uho. The four talented women once more perform all vocal…

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