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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Category: Album reviews
Reinvigorating Rwandan Roots
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…
Griot Heritage and Innovation
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,…
2011 Holiday 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…
Best of Shubha Mudgal
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…
Free Flow World Fusion
Impulse Ensemble Initiation Impulse Ensemble brings together three innovative musicians from the western Massachusetts area. Multi-instrumentalists Tony Vacca, Jim Matus and Derrik Jordan collaborate with…
Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar
Matthew Montfort – Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar (Ancient Future) Matthew Montfort, leader of the world fusion group Ancient Future, steps out solo here…
Sergio Mendes Colour Collection
Sergio Mendes Colour Collection (Universal) Sérgio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian musician, has released over three dozen albums blending bossa nova with pop and funk. One of…
Impressive Folk and World Music Collection Live from the Old Town School of Folk
During the past five decades, Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk has amassed an impressive collection of live recordings by some of the biggest names…
Azmari Roots
Tomás Doncker Power of the Trinity (True Groove, 2011) Tomás Doncker, a well-known vocalist in the New York music scene, has a new album titled…