Tunji Oyelana A Nigerian Retrospective 1966 – 79 (Soundway SNDW 043CD, 2012) The Soundway label is doing an extraordinary job at rediscovering some of the…
Magnetic Tunji Oyelana Retrospective
Category: Album reviews
Ville Leppänen, Rising Steel Guitar Hero
Southpaw Steel ‘n’ Twang Hale’s Pleasure Railway (Bafe’s Factory, 2014) Finnish guitar virtuoso Ville Leppänen has captured perfectly the essence of American roots music on…
Peppino D’Agostino Releases an Essential Acoustic Guitar Album
Peppino D’Agostino Penumbra (independent, 2014) On Penumbra, Italian guitarist Peppino D’Agostino presents a collection of solo guitar featuring a wide-range of musical influences and techniques.…
Laid Back Café del Mundo
Various Artists Café del Mundo (Putumayo World Music, 2014) The concept behind Putmayo’s Café del Mundo compilation is to provide a set of relaxing songs…
Splendid Young Voices from Kenya
Moipei Quartet In the Land of the Lion (ARC Music EUCD2455, 2013) Kenyan vocal ensemble Moipei Quartet dedicates In the Land of the Lion to…
Darbuka Maestro from the East
Artem Uzunov Let’s do it – Darbuka stories (Sketis Music SKMR-105, 2013) As the album’s title indicates, Let’s do it – Darbuka stories is…
Sensational Gathering of Nile Basin Musicians
The Nile Project – Aswan (2013) The Nile Project is an exciting gathering of outstanding musicians from the Nile River region in East Africa. Egyptian…
Cross-pollinated Cantabrian Folk Music
Cahórnega 2 (Mandeo Records, 2014) Cahórnega is one or the leading folk music bands from Cantabria, a region in northern Spain, bordering the Cantabrian Sea…
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Steady (Easy Star Records, 2014) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, from Rochester (New York) is one of the rising stars…
Sabar Rhythms on a Sonic Ride
Fofoulah Fofoulah (Glitterbeat GB 017CD, 2014) One of the most exciting world music acts in the UK is a quintet named Fofoulah (“it’s there” in…