Category: Album reviews

Various Artists: Luz Marina Posada Montoya, Mauricio Vincencio, Ukamau Amerindia, Los Rupay, Juan Carlos Garcia (Artist), Niyireth Alarcon 40 Best of Flutes and Songs from…

Warren Cuccurullo & Ustad Sultan Khan The Master (Six Degrees Records, 2014) Recently, composer and musician Warren Cuccurullo pulled a rabbit out of a hat.…

Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso Segunda Vez Second Time (Adventure Music, 2014) Choro, considered one of the first wholly Brazilian popular musical styles, emerged around…

Leticia Rodriguez Sagüita Al Bate (independent release, 2014) Leticia Rodriguez covers a lot of musical ground as a singer, musician, bandleader, dancer and choreographer. That’s…

Dirtmusic Lion City (Glitterbeat Records, 2014) Making the most out of 2012 Bamako, Mali recordings that resulted in the 2013 Troubles release, Dirtmusic is back…

Mestre Cupijó Siriá (Analog Africa, 2014) From Brazil’s Amazon region comes Mestre Cupijó e seu titmo. The compilation Siriá contains material from the band’s six…

Harri Kuusijarvi Koutus Koutus (Sibarecords, 2014) Over the years I’ve gotten to listen to a whole lot of music. Some I liked. Some I didn’t.…

Various Artists The Pulse of Brazil (ARC MUSIC EUCD 2507, 2004) Extremely cool and not overly foreign. To what can one compare it? Hmmm. Piedmont…

Dub Colossus Addis to Omega (Independent Records Limited, 2014) Most of us here at World Music Central have followed with interest the albums by Dub…