Various Departure Lounge: Lounge (Petrol Records, 2007) This a lounge compilation on the Petrol Records label called Departure Lounge, which also includes the collections called…
Excellent Lounge Listen
Category: Album reviews
Best of Youssou N’Dour
Youssou N’Dour Best of Youssou N’Dour (Columbia, 2011) Some of the most dynamic sounds to recently come out of Africa have been produced by Senegal-born…
Superb Bansuri Funk
Soulʼd Soulʼd (Narked Records,NAR9380 2014) Soulʼd is a single by a trio called Soulʼd. The group describes its music as a fusion of funk and…
Songs of Time Lost Feels Like a Reunion
Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal Songs of Time Lost (Six Degrees Records, 2014) Two friends who met in Paris got to together to record Songs…
Chart Hits Cuban Style
Cecilia Noël Havana Rocks (Compass Records, 2014) Peruvian vocalist Cecilia Noël traveled to Havana (Cuba), where she recorded an album of 1980s pop and rock…
Celtic Music Sensation Runa Releases a Winner
Runa Current Affairs (Runa Music, 2014) Runa has become one of the leading Celtic music bands in North America. The group includes musicians from Ireland,…
The Indispensable Cuban Music of Abelardo Barroso and Orquesta Sensación
Abelardo Barroso and Orquesta Sensación ‘Cha Cha Cha‘ (World Circuit, 2014) World Circuit Records is one of the labels that facilitated the renewed interest in…
Ambitious Fusion Venture by Vatsal Dave
Lone Star Sitar (Times Music, 2009) This is an ambitious fusion venture by Vatsal Dave, sitarist and vocalist. The 13 tracks span well over an…
A Tribute to the Great Raks Sharki Musicians
Jalilah Raks Sharki – Stage Cuts (Piranha Musik CD-PIR2856, 2014) The popularity of raks sharki (also known as belly dance or Oriental dance and sometimes…
Transglobal and Versatile Indian Music
Prem Joshua & Chintan Kashi – Songs From the India Within (White Swan Records, 2014) Multi-instrumentalist global traveler Prem Joshua has released a wonderful album…