Nawa Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo (Electric Cowbell Records, 2014) Jason Hamacher of Lost Origin Productions is on a mission – to…
Deeply Moving Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo
Category: Album reviews
Bettina Flater, Exceptionally Talented Nordic Flamenco Artist
Bettina Flater Women en Mi II – La Gota y la Mar (WeM records, 2014) Bettina Flater is a remarkable Norwegian flamenco guitarist and singer-songwriter…
A Valuable History Lesson on Peruvian Rock Music
Various Artists Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych in Peru’s Radical Decade (Tiger’s Milk Records, 2014) Once upon a time rock guitarists, bassists and drummers…
Chassol Explores the Music and Sounds of India
Chassol Indiamore (2013) French composer and multi-instrumentalist Chassol traveled to India in 2012. In Kolkata (Calcutta) and Varanasi (Benares), Chassol filmed sitarists, percussionists, singers, dancers,…
Jorge Pardo’s Real Time Sound Perceptions
Flawless Improvisations on Tibetan Buddhist Hymns
Tsering Tan and Zhang Xiaoyin The Snow Lotus: Improvisations on Tibetan Buddhist Hymns (Rhymoi Music, 2014) Unless you are a hermit just down from the…
Unrestricted Access to Mozambican Musical Talent
Wired for Sound – Mozambique (2014) This recording features a selection of current artists from Mozambique in southern Africa. Wired for Sound is the project…
The Entrancing Brazilian Memories of Toco
Toco Memoria (Schema, 2014) Of all the recent Brazilian releases that came out in the past months, one of them really stands out. It’s the…
Dr. John Celebrates Jazz Trumpet
Dr. John Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch (Concord Records , 2014) Dr. John, one of the most iconic musicians from New Orleans pays tribute to his…
World Music Band Atash Announces California Tour in September
Austin-based world music octet Atash will make its long-awaited return to the state of California after a decade. The return is significant, as California,…