Category: Album reviews

Chick Corea Trilogy (Stretch Records/Concord Jazz, 2014) Trilogy is a superb triple live album recorded at various locations throughout the world. Most of the pieces…

Aurelio Lándini (Real World Records, 2014) Guitarist and singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez is the most significant artist in the current Garifuna music scene. Even though some…

Various Artists Brasslands (Evergreene Music 007, 2014) Brasslands is the soundtrack to a film dedicated to documenting the most important brass music festivals in Eastern…

Moira Smiley & VOCO Laughter Out of Tears (Whim Records, 2014) Moira Smiley & VOCO have released Laughter Out of Tears, an album of beautiful…

Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita Clychau Dibon (Mwldan, 2013) Welsh harp master Catrin Finch and kora virtuoso Seckou Keita got together to celebrate the beauty…

Baka Beyond After the Tempest (March Hare Music MAHA CD36, 2014) British world music band Baka Beyond is back with an album titled After the…

Various Artists Best of Africa (ARC Music EUCD 2526) Best of sub-Saharan Africa, really. Quite fun. Producers went back quite a number of years in…

Galina Durmushliyska The Enchanting Voice of Bulgaria (ARC Music EUCD 2514) Beside this critic’s workstation is a reproduction of an icon from the walls of…

Dirtwire The Carrier (2014) The West Coast duo Dirtwire has a new EP titled The Carrier. Dirtwire describes its music as “back porch Electro-cana,” a…