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Category: Album reviews
Enthralling Miami Reggae
Mixed Culture – Movement in Roots & Movement in Dub, Deluxe Edition (Jah Youth Productions, 2016) Mixed Culture’s latest album comes in a 2-CD Deluxe…
Blues from the Croatian Heartland
Tomislav Goluban – Kaj Blues Etno (Spona CD194, 2016) Tomislav Goluban is one of the best harmonica players in Central Europe. His album Kaj Blues…
A Passionate Tribute to Cartola
Teresa Cristina – Canta Cartola (Nonesuch, 2016) Teresa Cristina is one of Brazil’s most popular singers. Canta Cartola is her tribute to one of the…
Virtuoso Fiddler’s Vision
Michael Cleveland – Fiddler’s Dream (Compass Records, 2016) Fiddler’s Dream is a great opportunity to discover one of the finest fiddlers in the current bluegrass…
L&T: Egberto Gismonti
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. The…
Pan-Atlantic Messages from Bonga
Bonga – Recados De Fora (Lusafrica, 2016) Angolan singer-songwriter Bonga is one of the great artists of the Portuguese-speaking world. His new album, Recados de…
Crossover Latin Music Pollination
Yoser Rodriguez – Pollen (Lulaworld Records, 2016) Cuban bassist and vocalist Yoser Rodriguez is a well-known musician in the Toronto salsa and Latin jazz music…
Hot Balkan Brass
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra – Brass Like it Hot – Fast & Furious Balkan Brass (Arc Music EUCD2666, 2016) The Džambo Aguševi Orchestra is an exciting…
Avant-Garde Hurdy Gurdy
Valentin Clastrier and Steven Kamperman – Fabuloseries (Homerecords, 2016) A collaboration between French hurdy gurdy experimentalist and Dutch clarinetist Steven Kamperman. Although the hurdy is…