Analog Players Society Hurricane Season In Brooklyn (Studio Brooklyn, 2012) I’m really encouraged by the new wave of musicians coming out of New York City…
The Feel Of A Brooklyn Dance Party
Category: Album reviews
Cinema El Mundo
Lo’Jo – Cinema El Mundo (World Village, 2012) Lo’Jo’s Cinema El Mundo is in need of an elegant chaise lounge so that she may gaze…
Niyaz
Niyaz Niyaz (Six Degrees/SaReGaMa) Niyaz—Persian and Urdu for yearning—consists of three musicians: deejay and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and dulcimer player Azam Ali, and Loga…
Ethiopia Aplenty
The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia 2nd Edition (World Music Network, 2012) Krar Collective – Ethiopia Super Krar (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2012)…
Carlos Núñez’s Melting Pot
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…
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…