Pacifika Amor Planeta (Six Degrees, 2014) Canadian Latin pop band Pacifika is marketed and described as world music. In reality the popular group plays mainstream…
Pacifika’s love for the Planet
Category: Album reviews
Puerto Rican Maestros Celebrate the Bolero
Danny Rivera and Nelson Gonzalez Obsesión (Marmara House Projects, 2014) Puerto Rican musicians Danny Rivera and Nelson Gonzalez celebrate the timeless bolero with a passionate…
The Fascinating Sound of Afro-Latin Roots Reggae
Rebel Tumbao Rebel Tumbao (2013) The musicians behind Rebel Tumbao (Rebel “Groove”) have taken two of the most exciting musical styles from the Caribbean and…
Amanda Martinez’s Sense of Hope
Amanda Martinez Mañana (CEN/Red via Sony Music, 2014) Canadian singer and songwriter Amanda Martínez is one of the great new voices in Spanish-language Latin music.…
Enthralling New Vision of Traditional Music By Folk Orchestra Sondeseu
Sondeseu Orquestra Folk Danzas Brancas (Fol Musica, 2013) Danzas Brancas (White Dances) is the fourth release by the great folk orchestra Sondeseu from Galicia in…
Ernest Ranglin’s Barrel Full of Cool
Ernest Ranglin & Avila Bless Up (Avila Street Records, 2014) Opening up a barrel full of cool, the Jamaican musician and composer Ernest Ranglin, along…
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…