Category: Album reviews

Slim Ali and the Hodi Boys 70s Soul! (Arc Music EUCD 2517 ) Misleading title, but easily forgivable because the record is fantastic. This item…

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Chinbat Baasankhuu The Art of the Mongolian Yatga (ARC Music, 2014) Anyone who has followed many of my reviews here at World Music Central knows…

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Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès Aw Sa Yone Vol.1 (Teranga Beat, 2013) Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès was a legendary Senegalese band that mixed West African beats with Afrojazz…

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Orlando Julius Jaiyede Afro (2014) Jaiyede Afro brings together the vibrant saxophone of celebrated Nigerian musician Orlando Julius and edgy British psychedelic jazz band The…

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Saor Patrol Open Air Asylum (ARC MUSIC EUCD 2499, 2014) If you are of Scots extraction, you will enjoy Saor Patrol. No question. As a…

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Son Palenque Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers (Vampisoul, 2014) The compilation Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers showcases some of the best material recorded by seminal Colombian band Son Palenque.…

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Alejandra Ribera La Boca (Pheremone Recordings, 2014) Canadian singer-songwriter and global traveler Alejandra Ribera sings and writes primarily in English and Spanish. Alejandra spent time…

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Quraishi Mountain Melodies (Evergreen Music, 2014) Human beings are extraordinary creatures. We are capable of such great works, dazzling creativity, boundless charity and dig-down-deep heroism.…

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