Naïm Amor and John Convertino – The Western Suite and Siesta Songs (Living Music Duplication, 2016) The first thing that springs to mind listening to…
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Category: Album reviews
Tamikrest, The Sahara Desert as a Place of Freedom
Tamikrest – Kidal (Glitterbeat Records, 2017) Sitting back and listening to the latest recording Kidal by Mali’s desert blues/rock group Tamikrest, I wondered if I…
Hot 8 Brass Band, Masters of New Orleans Jazz
Hot 8 Brass Band – On The Spot (TruThoughts, 2017) The best American brass band tradition in the United States comes from New Orleans and…
A Remarkable New Voice from Cuba
Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía (Brownswood Recordings, 2017) If you haven’t heard yet about Daymé Arocena, her new album Cubafonía is a great opportunity to listen…
The Hybrid Sounds of Belgium’s Zanzibar
Zanzibar – Fiali in Chicago (Home Records, 2016) Belgian multi-ethnic band Zanzibar plays an unexpected mix of rhythmic Afropop music, harmonica-based American blues, boogie woogie,…
Darandi Celebrates 30 Years of Garifuna Icon Aurelio Martinez
Aurelio – Darandi (Real World Records, 2017) Honduran singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez’s fourth album celebrates his thirty years as a performer and defender of Garifuna culture…
Enthralling Tenbur and Zaza Music
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…
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…