Ialma – Camiño de Bruxelas a Santiago (Home Records, 2016) Ialma has evolved into of the finest exponents of contemporary Galician folk music. The core…
From Brussels to Santiago
Category: Album reviews
Absorbing Celtic Flute and Human Beatbox Encounters
Matthew Olwell – CyberTrad (2016) Celtic music and beatbox beats come together in a fascinating album titled CyberTrad. Multi-instrumentalist Matthew Olwell uses several types of…
Folk Music from Peru
Wayna Picchu / Takirari / Tinku – Folk Music from Peru (Arc Music EUCD 2675, 2016) “In Peru, I met and knew him as the…
Bavarian Dancefloor Beats
Stefan Straubinger with SpuimaNovas – Tanzboden Grooves 2016 (Galileo GMV067, 2016) Multi-instrumentalist and composer Stefan Straubinger supported by the SpuimaNovas group, a collective of musicians…
Apollo You Sixteen
Karim Baggili – Apollo You Sixteen (Take the Bus, 2016) Apollo You Sixteen is the title of the fifth album by Belgian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and…
Magical Latin Christmas
Various Artists – Latin Christmas (Putumayo PUT 363-2, 2016) Thank you, Dr. Poinsett, for bringing the “Flor de Noche Buena” back to the US from…
The Fabulous Musiki wa dansi of East Africa
Various Artists – Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics (Sterns Africa STCD 3067-68CD, 2016) This 2 CD world music compilation is packed with…
Eros Coolness
Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu – Eros (Tuk Music/Ota Records, 2016) Luxuriously elegant, seductive and exotically dreamy, the Tuk Music release Eros, born out of…
Spellbinding Sounds from the North
Wardruna – Runaljod – Ragnarok (By Norse Music, 2016) The music of Wardruna takes you to an intriguing era in the Nordic regions of Europe.…
Getting Reacquainted With Old Friends and Making New Ones
It’s been more than three decades since my musical tastes went global. In that time I haven’t stopped being amazed at the diversity of music…