Carlos Núñez Discover (Sony Masterworks, 2012) At last, some of the recordings by master instrumentalist and composer Carlos Núñez will be widely available to North…
Carlos Núñez’s Melting Pot
Category: Album reviews
Highlife High
Koo Nimo Highlife Roots Revival (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2012) Koo Nimo (born Daniel Amponsah in the Ashanti region of Ghana in 1934) could have…
Wine of the Mystic
Anupam Shobhakar Wine of the Mystic (Times Music, 2006) This is an absolutely first rate fusion album featuring Anupam Shobhakar on sarod and guitars, Sangeeta…
More Than Just the Importance of Featuring Ernest
Avila Avila Featuring Earnest Ranglin (Avila Street Records, 2012) The band backing longtime Jamaican guitar great Ernest Ranglin on this release was originally set to…
Persian Azeri Project – From Shiraz to Baku
Persian Azeri Trio From Shiraz To Baku (Arc Music, 2012) Ace musicians from Iran and Azerbaijan join together in this pleasant album exploring the connections…
Remarkable Staff Benda Bilili
Staff Benda Bilili Bouger le monde (Crammed Discs, 2012) Staff Benda Bilili, the great street band from Kinshasha (Democratic Republic of Congo) is back with…
Bee Gees Brazilian Ballads
Ana Gazzola Musicas e palavras Dos Bee Gees (Fuel, 2012) Los Angeles-based Brazilian Singer Ana Gazzola has taken some of the most popular ballads by…
Band of Gypsies 2
Taraf De Haïdouks & Kocani Orkestar Band of Gypsies 2 (Crammed Discs CRAW74, 2011) Two European record labels, Crammed Discs and Asphalt Tango, have been…
Orient Noir – A West-Eastern Divan
Various Artists feat. Watcha Clan, Bi Kidude Baraka and more Orient Noir – A West-Eastern Divan (Piranha Musik CD-PIR2545, 2012) German label Piranha Musik presents…
That Dang Kang
Eyvind Kang The Narrow Garden (Ipecac Recordings, 2012) The name being entirely new to me, I didn’t even know if Eyvind Kang is a he…