Hector Martignon Second Chance (Zoho Music ZM 201006, 2010) Colombian pianist Hector Martignon is one of the new Latin Jazz stars in the United States.…
Hector Martignon Renews His Original Pieces
Category: Album reviews
Tendai Maraire Exlores His Zimbabwean Roots
Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire Wona Baba Maraire (Maraire Enterprises, 2011) Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire of avant-garde hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces has released this album where he returns…
The Land That Is Not
Sinikka Langeland The Land That Is Not (ECM, 2011) Sinikka Langeland is a singer, composer and kantele player from Norway. In recent years she has…
International Children’s Choral Ensembles Meet Electronica
Aomusic And love rages on! (AO Music 2011) Aomusic has made a noteworthy global electronica album that combines several international children’s choirs with electronic music.…
Ancient and Electronic Marrakech
Caravane Caravane (Marrakchi Records MR001, 2011) Caravane is the global electronica project of British musician Nick Wilde. He moved to Marakech (Morocco), where he opened…
Musical Poetry of Vitier and Martirio
José María Vitier and Martirio El Aire que te Rodea (Sony Music, 2011) Cuiban pianist and popular Spanish singer Martirio join forces on El Aire…
The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal
The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal Walking On (Real World) This vintage Indo-British fusion album features a collaboration between sitar virtuoso Ananda Shankar…
Tabeer
Shafqat Amanat Ali Tabeer (Music Today) Pakistani music has made a notable impact in India, especially through eminent vocalists such as Shafqat Amanat Ali and…
Masters of the Taranta Spider Dance
Tamburellisti di Torrepaduli Taranta Taranta (Italian World Music, 2009) Tamburellisti di Torrepaduli is one of the finest performers of the wild Taranta Music or spider…
Marta’s New Lingo
Marta Topferova The Other Shore (World Village 468110, 2011) Being a native of the Czech Republic hasn’t stopped Marta Topferova from recording albums of authentic,…