Category: Album reviews

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…

Sondorgo Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks (Riverboat Records, 2014) Forget all the violin saturated Hungarian music you’re used to because Sondorgo’s latest release Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks is…

Mark O’Connor MOC4 (Mark O’Connor Musik International, 2014) American violin maestro Mark O’Connor has performed a wide range of musical genres in the past decades,…

Various Artists Celebrate Brazil – Songs from Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Porto Alegre (ARC Music EUCD 2505, 2014) The title indicates that the…

Hanneke Cassel Dot the Dragon’s Eyes (Cassel Records, 2013) Hanneke Cassel has developed into a superb fiddler, composer and educator, specialized in various forms of…

The Bombay Royale The Island of Dr. Electrico (Hope Street Recordings, 2014) I’ll admit right up front that The Bombay Royale’s upcoming The Island of…