Etienne Charles Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music, 2013) Trumpeter Etienne Charles’s Creole Soul isn’t World Music Central’s usual fare, but because our readers are clever,…
Explosive Caribbean Infused Creole Jazz
Category: Album reviews
A Rebirth of the Kondi
Sorie Kondi – Thogolobea (Dutty Artz, 2013) Thogolobea is the new album by Sorie Kondi, a remarkable musician from Sierra Leone. Sorie Kondi combines the…
A Rich Tapestry of Musical and Vocal Inspirations
Mircan Minor (UCM Productions, 2012) Music fans will recognize Mircan Kaya from previous recordings like Bizim Ninniler, Kül, Sala, Elixir and Nanni, but this musician,…
Sunshine Arabia 2008
Various Artists Sunshine Arabia 2008 (EMI) This is an excellent compilation of contemporary Arabic sound, with 18 tracks covering a lot of musical texture. Our…
The New Generation of Sensual Brazilian Voices
Women of Brazil (Putumayo, 2013) Putumayo celebrates the sensual female voices of Brazil in the compilation titled Women of Brazil . It is an easy…
Fun, Depth and Maturity in Ravi Shankar’s Living Room Sessions
Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar The Living Room Sessions Part 2 (East Meets West Music, 2013) I like knowing that at the age of 91 Ravi…
Walking with the Skatalites
The Skatalites Walk With Me (Moondust Records, 2013) WWalk With Me is the latest album by legendary Jamaican band The Skatalites. It’s also the last…
Transnational Afro-Roots
Kwame & Afrovibes Band Let’s Go (independent release, 2012) Kwame & Afrovibes Band is a multinational Afro-roots band based in Spain led by Ghanaian musician…
Deeply Satisfying Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance In Concert Dead Can Dance (Pias, 2013) Imagine soaring crystalline vocals that make mere mortals go gooey against rich, exotically layered musical…
Transglobal Fanfara
Fanfara Tirana and Transglobal Underground Kabatronics (World Village UK, 2013) The grand masters of global fusion Transglobal Underground team up with Albanian brass band Fanfara…