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Category: Album reviews

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Benyoro’s Dazzling Kora and Electric Guitar Interplay

Angel Romero February 14, 2015 1 Comment

Benyoro Benyoro (Benyoro Music, 2014) Benyoro is a superb Afro-roots band based in New York City. The multinational band features extremely talented musicians from Mali…

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Ntjam Rosie Grounded in Jazz, Soul, and Pop

Angel Romero February 10, 2015 No Comments Camerronian musicJazzNtjam Rosiepopsoul

Ntjam Rosie The One (Gentle Daze Records, 2015) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Ntjam Rosie is one of the rising talents in the European neosoul scene. Gifted with…

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Superb Chinese String Alchemy

Angel Romero February 9, 2015 No Comments ChinaChinese musicMei HanRed Chamberzheng

Red Chamber Gathering (Asza Discs ZAN17, 2014) Gathering is the latest album by Red Chamber, one of the finest string music ensembles in North America.…

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Compass Rose’s Global Music Journey Moves Forward

Angel Romero February 7, 2015 No Comments

Compass Rose Sextet Carnivalesque (Compass Rose Sextet (888295159906, 2014) Global music travelers Compass Rose Sextet present their latest offering of instrumental pieces inspired by various…

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Remarkable Balkan Clarinet Summit

Angel Romero February 4, 2015 No Comments

S. Pazarentsis, S. Trkulja, S. Balutel, O. Büyükberber, O. Pamukov, T. Klein, C. Puntin, S. Schorn Many Languages – One Soul – Balkan Clarinet Summit…

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The Exciting Diversity of Cajun Music

Angel Romero February 3, 2015 No Comments

Various Artists Putumayo Presents… Cajun (Putumayo, 2014 re-release) Putumayo has re-released one of its best compilations of American roots. Cajun will allow the listener to…

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Murshidi and Sufi Field Recordings

Angel Romero February 2, 2015 No Comments

Various Artists Murshidi and Sufi Songs – Field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya (ARC Music EUCD2555, 2015) Murshidi and Sufi Songs is a collection of 2001…

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Amira Medunjanin Presents Delightful Sevdah

Angel Romero January 31, 2015 No Comments

Amira Medunjanin Silk & Stone (World Village 450029, 2014) Amira Medunjanin is one of the great voices from the Balkans. Hailing from Bosnia and Herzegovina…

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Discover World Music, New Global Sounds Series

Angel Romero January 30, 2015 No Comments

Various Artists Discover World Music (ARC Music, 2014) Discover World Music is the first title of a new series called The Discover Series. It’s 2-CD…

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Bamako Today’s Nuanced Vibrancy

TJ Nelson January 29, 2015 No Comments

BKO Quintet Bamako Today (Buda Musique, 2015) Under normal circumstances the first couple of months when musicians form a band it usually means working out…

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