Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts (Nonesuch Records, 2017) Offa Rex is a fascinating collaboration between English vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and…
Remarkable Folk-Rock Renaissance
Category: Album reviews
Bravado Masala
James Asher and Mahesh Vinayakram – Bravado Masala (Times Music, 2008) This album sounds promising and exciting on the cover, which certainly has an element…
Sublime Toy Raha Toy
Toko Telo – Toy Raha Toy (Anio Records, 2017) Toko Telo is a world music supergroup that brings together three of the finest and best-known…
A New Vision of Fado
Yolanda Soares – Royal Fado (Compaes Records, 2016) Eclectic classically-trained Portuguese vocalist Yolanda Soares draws her inspiration from fado, although she doesn’t describe herself as…
Copla with a Jazz Twist
Natalia Mellado – Caminos De Vuelta (Cabalgache, 2014) Natalia Mellado is a talented singer from southwestern Spain that specializes in copla, a type of Spanish…
Ask Your Heart: Mehmet Polat Trio
Ask Your Heart is the second album by the Mehmet Polat Trio (released in 2017 on homerecords.be). Its music transports the listener from a world…
Fufu Tryout
Dominic Egli’s Plurism with Feya Faku – More Fufu (Unit Records, 2016) More Fufu is an album Swiss jazz drummer Dominic Egli. His band Plurism…
The Beautiful World of Elemotho
Elemotho – Beautiful World (ARC Music EUCD2721, 2017) Elemotho is the artistic name of award-winning Namibian musician and singer-songwriter Gaalelekwe Richardo Mosimane. Beautiful World is…
Delightful Goldenhair
Goldenhair by Brian Byrne and James Joyce (Node Records, 2016) Goldenhair is an album composed by acclaimed Irish musician Brian Byrne. He wrote and arranged…
Steel Pan Melting Pot
Steel Pan Fusion – Melting Pot (Steel Pan Fusion, 2017) Steel Pan Fusion is an excellent London band led by Trinidadian steel pan maestro and…