Category: Album reviews

  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…

The Nile Project – Aswan (2013) The Nile Project is an exciting gathering of outstanding musicians from the Nile River region in East Africa. Egyptian…

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 Steady (Easy Star Records, 2014) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, from Rochester (New York) is one of the rising stars…

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…

Shankar Song for Everyone (Times Music/ECM reissue, 2008) What a lineup! Shankar on double violin and drum machine, Jan Garbarek on sax, Zakir Hussain on…

Samba Toure Gandadiko (Glitterbeat, 2014) Malian music fans now have a reason to muddle through the cold dark days of winter with the February 3rd…

Benjamim Taubkin Al Qantara – The Bridge (Adventure Music, 2013) Al Qantara is the result of an encounter between Brazilian jazz musicians and several musicians…

  Camarón – La Leyenda del Tiempo (Polygram, 1979 / reissue Universal Music Spain, 2013) If you’ve had contact with flamenco artists, the name Camaron…