Category: Album reviews

Impulse Ibteda (NMI, 2006) This outstanding Indian fusion group from Kolkata features Arunangshu Shaudhury on percussion, Dipanker on vocals, Shankar on keyboards, Hari on violin…

Jim Matus and Doug Raneri While Sleeping, Watch (Ancient Records, 2013) While Sleeping, Watch is the first album collaboration between laoutar virtuoso Jim Matus and…

Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz Go Calypsonian (Piranha Musik, 2013) From Berlin’s considerable melting pot comes another tasty concoction, a great calypso album by…

White Canvas Hundreds of Ways (Ozella Music OZ 028 CD, 2010) Hundreds of Ways is a delightful album by White Canvas, a project that brings…

Asian Dub Foundation Time Freeze – Best of: 1995-2007 (EMI, 2007) Full of bite and pulse, adventure and polemic, this compilation is a fine showcase…

Various Flamenco: Son del Sur (EMI Hemisphere, 1998) This is a pretty compilation of flamenco music by Hemisphere, though some of the tracks have a…

Mamadou Diabate’s Percussion Mania Kanuya (Extraplatte EX920-2, 2011) Kanuya (friendship, esteem and respect) is a thrilling album of modern West African centered around the balafon.…

Vo-Duo Nou La (Lakou Brooklyn 641444111725, 2012) Haitian rots music, poetry and jazz come together in the debut album by a New York-based group called…

Various Artists Baila: A Latin Dance Party (Putumayo, 2006) It is hard to go wrong with a compilation of Latin dance hits, and this stellar…