Sierra Hull Daybreak (Compass Records, 2011) Young singer-songwriter and mandolinist Sierra Hull has become of the great sensations in contemporary bluegrass music. Daybreak
Swinging Mandolin
Category: Album reviews
Heart of the Bitterroot
The Heart of the Bitterroot: Voices of Salish & Pend d’Oreille Women (ST4004, 2008) The Heart of the Bitterroot: Voices of Salish & Pend d’Oreille…
The inviting flavor of today’s Mexico
Lila Downs Pecados y Milagros (Sony Music Mexico, 2012) Now would be a good time to mark your calendar, set up some alert on your…
Hector Martignon Renews His Original Pieces
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.…
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…