Otis Taylor Contraband (Telarc, 2012) American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor continues his musical explorations on his latest recording. Although his music is deeply rooted…
Keeping the Emotion
Category: Album reviews
African Americans Indeed
Zieti Zemelewa (Grigri Discs GRIGRI004, 2011) Back at the end of the last century, guitarist Michael Shereikis and drummer Alex Owre, both Americans, happened to…
Timeless Taaleem: A Tribute to Ustad Allarakha
Fazal Qureshi Timeless Taaleem: A Tribute to Ustad Allarakha (Ninaad Music) This album is a beautiful tribute to the late great tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha…
Hottest Grooves of Gambia
Karantamba Ndigal (Teranga Beat , 2012) One of the most exciting African albums of the year is Ndigal by Karantamba. This sizzling group is led…
Unforgettable Atahualpa Yupanqui
Gerard Edery Edery Sings Yupanqui (Sefarad Records, 2012) Guitarist and singer Gerard Edery is well known as a leading performer of Sephardic music. On Edery…
Zemelewa
Zieti Zemelewa (Grigri Discs, 2012) It only takes a brief look at the liner notes to know that there’s a story behind Zieti’s debut recording…
Truly Afrolicious
Afrolicious A Dub For Mali (Eighteen Street Lounge Music ESL187, 2011) This EP by San Francisco-based Afrolicious came out last year and nearly escaped our…
Feeling Like a Different Guitarist
Leni Stern Sabani (Leni Stern Recordings, 2012) Leni Stern continues her collaborations with African musicians on her latest album, titled Sabani. Stern has a genuine…
Absorbing Presentation Of The American Indian Flute Traditions
Remembering the Songs: Music Traditions from the Zuni, Navajo, and Salish is a multimedia project with a music CD and a video documentary produced by…
Borrachito
Sergio Pamies Borrachito (Bebyne Records, 2012) I’ve never asked a musician if the art of playing music is a real and solid physical force. I…