Category: Album reviews

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…

JeConte & The Mali Allstars Mali Blues (Soul Now Records, 2013) Pooling a line-up of musicians that include harmonica player and rhythm guitarist Boubacar Sidibe,…

Cas Haley La Si Dah (Easy Star Records, 2013) It’s taken American singer-songwriter Cas Haley two years to put together this great album. Haley is…

Various Artists Rough Guide to Brazil (World Music Network) Fans of the Putumayo and Petrol Records compilations of world music would appreciate some of the…

Yungchen Lhamo & Anton Batagov Tayatha (Cantaloupe, 2013) Musicians are constantly surprising us with new collaborations and music combinations. In this case, famed Tibetan vocalist…