Ernest Ranglin & Avila Bless Up (Avila Street Records, 2014) Opening up a barrel full of cool, the Jamaican musician and composer Ernest Ranglin, along…
Ernest Ranglin’s Barrel Full of Cool
Category: Album reviews
Organic Flamenco from Manchester
Calaita Flamenco Son Calaita Flamenco Son (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2014) Calaita Flamenco Son is a Manchester-based flamenco rooted band. Three of the five musicians…
Voluptuous Global Mix
Eccodek Singing in Tongues (Big Mind, 2014) Global fusion junkies are in luck because Canada’s Eccodek’s latest Singing in Tongues is set hit the streets…
An Indian Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis
Miles from India A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis (SaReGaMa, 2008) This is a landmark album in the history of Indian fusion jazz.…
A Soaring Musical Journey through the Amazon with Animated Friends
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by John Powell Rio 2 (Sony Music, 2014) Music composer John Powell ponders, “If you think about music and where it…
Taiwanese Composers Come Together to Protect Nature in Taiwan
Various Artists The Eyes of the Sky – 10 Beautiful Stories About Protecting the Pure Land of Taiwan (Wind Music, 2013) Taiwanese music producer Judy…
Ahmed Nasheed Reveals the Vibrant Sounds of the Maldives
Ahmed Dhaalu Raa (Asasi Records, 2014) With his debut album Dhaalu Raa, Ahmed Nasheed will transport you to the exotic Maldives in the Indian Ocean,…
Groupa’s Hypnotic Hybrid of Folk and Musical Improvisation
Groupa Silent Folk (Footprint Records, 2014) One of the irresistible charms of world music is its promise – its promise of a journey. Nothing delivers…
Reeves Sings Popular Music Standards
Dianne Reeves Beautiful Life (Concord, 2014) The most recent work by Dianne Reeves in the U.S. five years. One of the most prominent female voices…
