Category: Album reviews

Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band FBB (Siba Records SRCD-1012, 2014) Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band’s (Sibelius-Akatemian Folk Big Band) sound is gargantuan. Their release of…

Pacifika Amor Planeta (Six Degrees, 2014) Canadian Latin pop band Pacifika is marketed and described as world music. In reality the popular group plays mainstream…

Danny Rivera and Nelson Gonzalez Obsesión (Marmara House Projects, 2014) Puerto Rican musicians Danny Rivera and Nelson Gonzalez celebrate the timeless bolero with a passionate…

Rebel Tumbao Rebel Tumbao (2013) The musicians behind Rebel Tumbao (Rebel “Groove”) have taken two of the most exciting musical styles from the Caribbean and…

Amanda Martinez Mañana (CEN/Red via Sony Music, 2014) Canadian singer and songwriter Amanda Martínez is one of the great new voices in Spanish-language Latin music.…

Sondeseu Orquestra Folk Danzas Brancas (Fol Musica, 2013) Danzas Brancas (White Dances) is the fourth release by the great folk orchestra Sondeseu from Galicia in…

Ernest Ranglin & Avila Bless Up (Avila Street Records, 2014) Opening up a barrel full of cool, the Jamaican musician and composer Ernest Ranglin, along…

Calaita Flamenco Son Calaita Flamenco Son (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2014) Calaita Flamenco Son is a Manchester-based flamenco rooted band. Three of the five musicians…

Eccodek Singing in Tongues (Big Mind, 2014) Global fusion junkies are in luck because Canada’s Eccodek’s latest Singing in Tongues is set hit the streets…