Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal Musique De Nuit (Six Degrees, 2015) Sharing song composition duties Malian kora master Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal…
Lovely and Innovative Musique De Nuit
Category: Album reviews
Rebirth of a Flamenco Master
Pepe Luis Carmona Habichuela La vida llega (Nuevos Medios, 2015) Madrid-based record label Nuevos Medios played an essential role in the development of the Young…
Pushing the Boundaries of the Nyckelharpa
Griselda Sanderson Radial (Waulk Records, 2015) Radial is the exquisite new album by Scottish musician, composer and producer Griselda Sanderson. She’s a multi-instrumentalist who plays…
Captivating Songs of the Mediterranean Sea
Officina Zoè “Mamma Sirena” (AnimaMundi, 2015) Italian band Officina Zoè celebrates the Mediterranean Sea and recreates the traditional trance music of Salento in southern Apulia,…
Lush and Lovely Collaboration
Shujaat Husain Khan and Katayoun Goudarzi Ruby (Shujaat Husain Khan, 2015) Brimming over with flute, tabla, sarangi, santoor, percussion and lavish sitar lines by the…
Bear Creek Present Forever
Bear Creek is a well-known Ojibwe (also known as Anishinaabe, or Chippewa) pow-wow group from Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario (Canada). Their album Kaagige –…
Lusciously Seductive Kora
Sekou Kouyate Sabaru (One World Records, 2015) Son of kora player M´Bady Kouyate and cousin to Ba Cissoko, Guinean kora musician and composer Sekou Kouyate…
How Far Out There?
Are world music fans (particularly those of us who are in, uh, a certain advancing age bracket) a bunch of stodgy purists that don’t…
Global Sounds Stemming from the Sacred Forest
Holy Forest Holy Forest (2015) The Holy Forest album is a multidimensional musical project envisioned by musician, producer and documentary filmmaker Jon Fine. He brought…
Stimulating Yoruban Mix
Kuku Ballads and Blasphemy (Buda Musique, 2015) Nigerian musician Kuku questions religious dogma on Ballads and Blasphemy. Even though he was born in the United…