Various Artists Bollywood: Seriously Good Music (Petrol Records, 2007) Petrol Records has done it again with their “Seriously Good Music” series of world music compilations…
Bollywood: Seriously Good Music
Category: Album reviews
A Timeless-Sounding Bluegrass Work
Rebecca Frazier – When We Fall (Compass Records, 2013) When We Fall is a collection of original songs and instrumentals by bluegrass singer-songwriter and skilled…
Sensuous and Seductive O Mar
Maria Teresa O Mar (Harmonia Mundi) Wow! What a lovely sensuous and seductive album this is! Of course it has to be from a female…
Riveting Mix of Electronics and Guinean Music
Analog Players Society CKY to JFK (2013) CKY to JFK is a four track EP by Brooklyn-based Analog Players Society. It’s a set of effectively…
Moreland & Arbuckle Explore the 7 Cities Myth with Cutting Edge Roots Rock
Moreland & Arbuckle 7 Cities (Telarc, 2013) The sheer yumminess of the roots/rock mix of Moreland & Arbuckle’s latest release 7 Cities is by turns…
A Balance between the Improvised and the Composed
Paul Winter Sextet Count Me In – 1962 & 1963, Two-Disc Anthology (Living Music, 2013) Count Me In – 1962 & 1963 is a two-disc…
True Blues Keeps the Blues Live With Innovation and Collaboration
Various Artists True Blues (Telarc, 2013) All right my little blues babies, wake up, rub that crusty sleep from your eyes and pull your pants…
Exceptional Celtic Music Maestros
Sylvain Barou ~ Dónal Lunny ~ Pádraig Rynne Triad (Rlb Records, 2013) Three Celtic music master instrumentalists get together on Triad to present one of…
The Fado of Francisco Fialho
Francisco Fialho Portugal: Best of Fado (ARC Music) A former member of the Portuguese group Raizes do Fado, this acoustic album showcases vocalist Francisco Fialho.…
Alluring Kalimba Fusion
Njacko Backo & Kalimba Kalimba Here Below, Nothing is Impossible – Ici Bas, Rien N’est Impossible (independent release NB2013, 2013) Cameroonian kalimba virtuoso Njacko Backo…