Gao Hong and Friends – Pipa Potluck, Lutes Around the world (Innova, 2015) Chinese pipa master Gao Hong currently lives in Minnesota and gathered a…
Traveling Pipa
Category: Album reviews
Radio Friendly Idan Raichel
Although Israeli composer and singer-songwriter has collaborated with world music artists like Vieux Farka Touré, his solo works have very few connections with roots music.…
Phenoms at Celtic Colours Live
Various Artists – Celtic Colours Live – Volume 3 (2015) The Celtic Colours Live – Volume 3 contains 14 tracks recorded during the nine days…
An Ingenious Cornucopia of Celtic, Flamenco, Gypsy, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian
Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid – Subcontinental Drift (Century Media, 2015) With releases like Symphony (2013), Move (2011), Luna (2007) and Yalla Yalla! (2013)…
Enthralling Brew of Global music rooted in the Balkans
New York Gypsy All-Stars – Dromomania (New York Gypsy All-Stars, 2015) The Pan-Balkan ensemble New York Gypsy All-Stars has released a fantastic album that goes…
The Resurgence of Kandia Kouyaté
Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence (Sterns, 2015) Sensational Malian vocalist is back with Renascence. This great news for Malian music fans. Kandia Kouyaté had only released…
Songs from Potosi
The Yuyay Jap’ina Tapes is a selection of restored recordings that were originally made in the 1990s and released on cassette. Andean singer-songwriter Luzmila Carpio…
Renewed Folk Music from the Alan Lomax Archives
Jayme Stone – Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis, 2015) Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone is known for exploring various global musical traditions. On his latest…
Splendid Mix of Chamber Music and Traditional Sounds
Ensemble Galilei – From Whence We Came (Sono Luminus, 2016) Ensemble Galilei brings together the worlds of classical music and the folk melodies of Scotland,…
Sidestepper Explores the Caribbean
Sidestepper – Supernatural Love (Real World Records, 2016) The Sidestepper project is back with Supernatural Love, an album that brings together Colombian roots music, Caribbean…