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Category: Album reviews

Album reviews

Ten Years of Travels

Angel Romero November 21, 2011 No Comments

Franca Masu 10 Anys (Aramúsica AR0052011, 2011) The new album by renowned Sardinian vocalist Franca Masu is titled 10 Anys and it celebrates 10 years…

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Sublime Nuance

TJ Nelson November 20, 2011 No Comments

JeongGaAkHoe Gagok (Female) Pungnyu III (AkdangEban, 2011) Considered one of the most revered vocal styles of Jeongak or Korean court music and on part of…

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On the Hunt

Tom Orr November 19, 2011 No Comments

Sibiri Samake Dambe Foli (Kanaga System Krush, 2010) Bamana hunters music this is, and it’s important to keep in mind how highly regarded the donso…

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Electric and Strikingly Sumptuous

TJ Nelson November 18, 2011 No Comments

Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba Rising – The Remixes (Six Degrees, 2011) Remix junkies rejoice because once you crack open the gorgeous exoticism of Natacha Atlas’s Mounqaliba…

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An Embrace for the Whole Human Race

Tom Orr November 17, 2011 No Comments

Nawal Embrace the Spirit (Milan M2-36551, 2011) I was, and remain, very fond of Nawal’s 2007 release Aman. Rooted in the traditional music of the…

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Cumbia Lab

Angel Romero November 16, 2011 No Comments

Frente Cumbiero Frente Cumbiero Meets Mad Professor (Vampisoul, 2011) Frente Cumbiero is one of the bands involved in the new cumbia scene in Colombia. It…

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Reinvigorating Rwandan Roots

Angel Romero November 13, 2011 No Comments

Mighty Popo Gakondo (Borealis Records BCD210, 2011) Rwandan guitarist and vocalist Popo Murigande (better known as Mighty Popo) is part of a thriving African blues…

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Griot Heritage and Innovation

Angel Romero November 12, 2011 No Comments

Sona Jobarteh Fasiya (West African Guild Records, 2011) Gambian musician and vocalist Sona Jobarteh is a pioneer in the world of kora playing. Until recently,…

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2011 Holiday Music

TJ Nelson November 11, 2011 No Comments Christmas musicholiday music

For a spicy holiday splash check out Asalto Navideño by Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe digitally remastered on the Fania label. This tropical holiday fare…

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Best of Shubha Mudgal

Madanmohan Rao November 10, 2011 No Comments

Shubha Mudgal The best of Shubha Mudgal (EMI) Shubha Mudgal, well-known Indian singer of Hindustani classical music and thumri, has also successfully branched out into…

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