Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Love & Devotion (Real World Records, 2013 reissue) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brooks – Star Rise (Real World…
Re-issue of Four Stunning World Music Classics on Real World Records
Category: Album reviews
Outstanding Debut Album by Malian Musician Mamadou Kelly
Mamadou Kelly Adibar (Clermont Music CLE 007CD, 2013) Malian guitar maestro and vocalist Mamadou Kelly has been around for years and is well known in…
The Essence of Beninese Afro Funk
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Volume Three – The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980 (Analog Africa AACD 073CD, 2013) The superb Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou…
Superior Accordion Work from Giuliano Gabriele
Giuliano Gabriele Melodeonia (self release, 2013) Melodeonia is the debut album by Italian musician Giuliano Gabriele. Although he is best known as an organetto (accordion)…
English Folk Music that Flows and Changes
Judy Dyble Flow and Change (Gonzo Multimedia, 2013) While mainstream music gets more homogenous, there has been a rebirth of progressive music in recent years.…
Using the Songs of Fela Kuti to Increase AIDS Awareness
Various Artists Red Hot + Fela (Knitting Factory Records, 2013) Uniting artists from Africa and the United States using the music of Afrobeat legend Fela…
Stimulating Slide Guitar Ragas
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…
Beautiful Brazilian Tapestries of Sound, Rhythm and Melody
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…
Digital Folk Explorations from Argentina
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…
Beautifully Crafted Musical Poems form the East
Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Abhiman Kaushal and Ajay Prasanna Spring (Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi, 2013) The beauty of Persian Sufi poetry and…