Category: Album reviews

Maeve Gilchrist Song of Delight (Adventure Music America, 2011) Song of Delight is the latest album by harpist, vocalist, and classically trained pianist Maeve Gilchrist.…

Various Afro-Beat Airways – West African Shock Waves – Ghana & Togo 1972-1979 (Analog Africa AACD 068CD, 2010) Analog Africa’s director, Samy Ben Redjeb, has…

Dala Girls From The North Country, Live in Concert (Compass, 2011) Dala has becopme one of the hottest acts in the North American folk pop…

Moreland & Arbuckle Just a Dream (Telarc International, 2011) Grab keys, your sunglasses and forget the map because guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle…

Various Artists Brazil: Sambossica 3 (Afrobaile, 2011) Just in time for the summer, we have a collection titled Brazil: Sambossica 3, a new compilation of…

Stephen Marley Revelation Pt. 1 The Root of Life (Tuff Gong / Universal Republic, 2011) There’s no denying that the recorded works of Bob Marley’s…

Cimarrón ¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia (Smithsonian Folkways Records SFW40557, 2011) Cimarron is one of the leading exponents of Colombian musica llanera,…

Terakaft Aratan N Azawad (World Village, 2011) Like their contemporaries Tinariwen, Mali’s Terakaft is comprised of Tuareg rebel souls who traded guns for guitars, finding…

Kristjan Jarvi’s Absolute Ensemble Arabian Nights Live at Town Hall NYC (Enja Records, 2011) Fans of Kristjan Jarvi’s Absolute Ensemble and their previous recordings Absolute…