Alexander Abreu – Haciendo Historia (Ahi Nama Music, 2011) Very little Cuban timba has made it to the United states in recent years. The Ahi…
Making Timba History
Category: Album reviews
Celtic Jazz Harp Explorations
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.…
Timeless Afrobeat
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…
Canadian Sensation Dala Captured Live
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…
Hard-edged Blues Dream
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…
The Yuval Ron Ensemble Live at the World Festival of Sacred Music
Yuval Ron Ensemble Seeker of Truth: The Yuval Ron Ensemble Live at the World Festival of Sacred Music (Yuval Ron Music, 2011) Recorded live at…
Sambossica 3, the New Samba
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…
Life Revealed
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…
Joropo Dynamos
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,…
Rock the Caravan
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…