Buika Vivir sin miedo (DRO/Warner Music Spain/Warner Music Latina, 2015) Afro-Spanish Spanish singer-songwriter and composer Buika developed Vivir sin miedo (To Live without Fear) in…
Buika with a Caribbean Seasoning
Category: Album reviews
Recreation of the Russian Bard Tradition
Julia Vorontsova Over (Privet Records, 2016) Singer-songwriter Julia Vorontsova presents the Bard musical genre, a Russian musical from the Soviet Union era that mixes poetry…
Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi City of the Future – Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union (ARC Music EUCD 2617) Yale Strom is a…
The Emergence of Alba’s Edge
Alba’s Edge Run to Fly (Paddledoo Music, 2015) Run to Fly is one of the great Celtic music discoveries of 2015. This indie debut album…
The Masters of Scottish Folk
One of the best compilations released late last year is The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk. The 2-CD set includes an impressive roster of…
A Musical Pangea
Ana Alcaide & Gotrasawala Ensemble Tales of Pangea (ARC Music EUCD 2601, 2015) Not content with her regular challenge of utilizing her good classical violin…
Hip Shaking Sound of VO5
VO5 Dance Originality (Caculo, 2015) There seems to be a new wave of artists performing new visions of funk music. Add VO5 to the list.…
Greek Auras
Michalis Terzis Greek Moods – Aphrodite Era (ARC Music EUCD 2589, 2015) Ennio Moricone is probably the most familiar composer you didn’t know you knew.…
The Captivating Songstress of Somaliland
Sahra Halgan Trio Faransiskiyo Somaliland (Buda Records, 2015) Sahra Halgan Trio is an act from Somaliland, an independent nation (unrecognized internationally) in eastern Africa that…
Bengali Music with a London Sound
In brief, this CD sounds like what would have happened if Pete Townshend had gone to India with the Beatles. It is full of…