Celebrated contemporary Irish folk music band Kila has a new music video created by Swedish animator and illustrator Mattias Gordon. This is Gordon’s second…
Irish Band Kila Releases “Am” Animated Video
Category: Album reviews
Pop Hits Through a Brazilian Filter
Badi Assad Hatched (IDC San Francisco, 2015) Guitarist and vocalist Badi Assad reconfigures pop hits on her album Hatched, transforming well-known songs into Brazilian-infused pieces.…
The Vital Quintessence of Cape Verdean Music
Lura Herança (Lusafrica 762352, 2015) Afro-Portuguese singer-songwriter Lura (Maria de Lurdes Assunção Pina) celebrates her Cape Verdean roots and global music on her new album…
Delicious Encounter between Swiss and Mongolian Musical Traditions
Arga Bileg Ethno Jazz Band and Heiri Kanzig Quintet Agula: Swiss-Mongolian Music Exchange Project (Musiques Suisses, 2015) A Mongolian band and a Swiss jazz band?…
Musically Poetic and Inventive
Bachar Mar-Khalifé Ya Balad (InFine, 2015) With a musical pedigree that includes a degree from the Conservatory of Paris, work with conductors Lorin Maazel and…
Innovative Recreations of Mexican Folk Music
Lila Downs: Pecados y Milagros (Sins and Miracles, 2011) and Balas y Chocolate (Bullets and Chocolate, 2015) Together with her husband, saxophonist Paul Cohen, plus…
The Dolomites’ Japanese Balkanalia
The Dolomites Japan Years, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (Dolomites Music, 2015) The Dolomites has released three volumes of recordings that took place in Japan…
Roots Rock from Los Lobos and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Two recent albums demonstrate how rock music and American roots genres are combined effectively, generating timeless songs. Celebrated band Los Lobos from East Los…
Transfixing Sufi Music
American Sufi Project Vol. 1 (Ammi Media, 2015) American Sufi Project is a new ensemble focusing on the Sufi musical traditions from Turkey, Iran and…
Impeccable Hybridization of Clarinet and Indian Music
Shankar Tucker Filament (Shrutibox Music Records, 2015) American clarinetist Shankar Tucker explores Indian music on his new album titled Filament. The clarinet is rarely found…