Category: Album reviews

Various Artists Red Hot + Fela (Knitting Factory Records, 2013) Uniting artists from Africa and the United States using the music of Afrobeat legend Fela…

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya Madeira: If Music Could Intoxicate (Tridev Music India/Magenta, 2013) Earlier this year, Indian slide guitar maestro and musical instrument inventor Debashish Bhattacharya…

Antonio Loureiro Só (Borandá, 2013) Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Antonio Loureiro has released one of the most exciting Brazilian music albums in recent albums. It’s…

Tremor Proa (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2013) Tremor is an exploratory music trio from Argentina that combines the melodies and rhythms of the South American nation and…

Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Abhiman Kaushal and Ajay Prasanna Spring (Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi, 2013) The beauty of Persian Sufi poetry and…

Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco (World Music Network, 2013) [digital release only] Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – Dance of the Cobra (World Music Network, 2013)…

James Asher Feet in the Soil (New Earth/Music Today, 2002) This hit album by the prolific world music artist James Asher has a sharp focus…

Roberto Fonseca Yo (Montuno Producciones/Concord Jazz, 2013) Cuban pianist, keyboardist and composer Roberto Fonseca has worked with some of the biggest names in Cuban music…