Various Artists Kyzyl-Moscow III – Traditional music and throat singing of Tuva (Sketis Music SKMR-083, 2013) Kyzyl-Moscow III – Traditional music and throat singing of…
Spellbinding Collection of Traditional Tuvan Throat Singing
Category: Album reviews
Sousou and Maher Cissoko Turn Out A First Class Musical Experience
Sousou and Maher Cissoko Africa Moo Baalu (ARC Music, 2014) With the 2008 Adouna and the 2011 Stockholm-Dakar recordings to their credit, Sousou and Maher…
Swinging Balkan Chicha
Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics Cigarros Explosivos! (Asphalt Tango, 2014) Swiss band Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics are passionate about 1960s musical styles like chicha…
Carmen Souza Live at Lagny Jazz Festival
Carmen Souza Live at Lagny Jazz Festival (Galileo Music, 2013) This live recording and video showcases the stunning talent of one of the greatest jazz…
Enthralling Intermingling Of Flamenco, Classical and Jazz
Jerez Texas Viento y Marea (2014) Savvy, sophisticated and brutally cool, Jerez Texas’s latest offering Viento y Marea scorches the flamenco jazz label with an…
Irresistible Global Electronic Dance Music
Thomas Blondet Futureworld (Rhythm & Culture Music, 2014) Futureworld is one of the most exciting albums I’ve heard so far in 2014. It’s the latest…
Superb and Masterful Hafez Nazeri
Hafez Nazeri Rumi Symphony Project Cycle 1 Untold (Sony Classical, 2014) There are music critics out there that sit back stone faced like some disinterested…
Haitian Cross-pollination and Compas Explosion
Various Artists Haiti Direct – Big Band, Mini-Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978 (Strut Records STRUT093, 2014) This 2-CD compilation showcases the exciting Haitian music scene…
Dynamic Pairing
Daby Toure and Skip McDonald Call My Name (Real World Records, 2009/U.S. release 2014) Music fans looking for a little sunny bounce might want to…
A World Beneath The Ocean
Rahul Sharma Samandar (Music Today, 2006) “Samandar is all about life beneath the ocean. About the colors of the sea,” according to santoor virtuoso Rahul…