Robert Paterson The Book of Goddesses (American Modern Recordings) The beautifully packaged book+CD The Book of Goddesses is an ideal gift for the coming holidays…
Stirring Musical Illustration of Goddesses
Category: Album reviews
The Indian Core East-West Fusion
The Indian Core The Indian Core (Grappa/Mystica) This is an ambitious album released by the east-west fusion band based in Norway called The Indian Core.…
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook Remixed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brooks Star Rise (Real World) This CD of remixes is a compilation of UK-based Asian musicians celebrating the work…
Batiska’s Fascinating Musical Expeditions
Naragonia Quartet Batiska (Appel Rekords APR1336, 2011) Batiska is the first album by a new Belgian contemporary folk music ensemble called Naragonia Quartet. If the…
Dabke Ravishment
Omar Souleyman Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts (Sublime Frequencies, 2011) Omar Souleyman’s Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts, out on the Sublime Frequencies label, is a…
Ten Years of Travels
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…
Sublime Nuance
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…
On the Hunt
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…
Electric and Strikingly Sumptuous
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…
An Embrace for the Whole Human Race
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…