Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl (Ahenk, 2016) Zalâl is the fifth album by German multi-instrumentalist and composer Cemîl Qoçgîrî. Cemîl is one of the finest performers…
Enthralling Tenbur and Zaza Music
Category: Album reviews
World Jazz Evolutionists
Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures – Glare of the Tiger (M.O.D. Technologies, 2017) Glare of the Tiger is a series of remarkable world music jams performed…
The Best of Multi-Instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav
Baluji Shrivastav featuring The InnerVision Orchestra – Best of Baluji Shrivastav (ARC Music EUCD2695, 2017) “Awesome” is an awesomely overused word these days, and applied…
Feel Good Samoan Reggae
J Boog – Wash House Ting (Wash House, 2016) J Boog is part of the American reggae scene where feel good reggae is interweaved with…
Srdjan Beronja’s World Music Gallery
Srdjan Beronja – Sounds of the East Music from the Balkans, India & the Middle East (ARC Music EUCD2696, 2017) When music listeners and explorers…
Ancient Bubu Rhythms Renewed
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang – Build Music (Luaka Bop, 2017) Janka Nabay introduces the renovated sounds of a Sierra Leonean genre known as…
Sizzling Jambú
Jungle Fire – Jambú (Jungle Fire Music/Nacional Records, 2016) Los Angeles-based Afro-Latin funk band Jungle Fire is an outstanding collective of musicians from various backgrounds…
Visionary Music of Cape Verde
Various Artists – Synthesize The Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica From The Cape Verde Island 1973 – 1988 (Ostinato Records, 2017) This great compilation opens a door…
Where World Music Intersects World Jazz
Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita – Transparent Water (Ota Records, 2017) Music fans should settle in and enjoy the sumptuous ride that is Transparent Water.…
Internal Activities
Sattyananda – Internal Activities (DadA Music, 2011) This is a rather interesting psychedelic downbeat album, though it doesn’t quite grab the listener they way it…