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. Town…
Length & Time: Murray, Allen, and Carrington
Category: Album reviews
Basque Trad Meets Hurdy Gurdy
Bidaia – Agur Shiva (Bidaia, 2011) Bidaia is a duo that plays contemporary Basque folk music mixed with global sounds. What stands out is the…
Stirring Acoustic Sounds from Prince Edward Isle
Ten Strings and A Goat Skin is a superb acoustic music trio from Prince Edward Isle in Canada. The three young musicians play primarily original…
Length & Time: Dengue Dengue Dengue!
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. Along…
The Shiny Treasure of Vieux Kante
Vieux Kante – The Young Man’s Harp (Sterns Africa, 2016) I suspect that unseen, undiscovered masters of all shapes, sizes and disciplines brush past us…
Memorable Bossacucanova
Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova (Six Degrees Records, 2016) Brazilian music innovators Bossacucanova have put together some of their finest songs and instrumentals in…
Length & Time: José James
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. On…
Length & Time: Susana Baca
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. Peruvian…
Exquisite Sarod-Violin Collaboration
Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam (Affetto Records, 2016) Amalgam is a beautiful collaboration between the world…
Fiddle Meets EDM
Canadian fiddler and singer-songwriter Ashley MacIsaac and fellow Canadian percussionist and producer Jay “Sticks” Andrews got together to form a new project called Fdler. The…