Raphael Brunn Flamenco Quintet Puertas Abiertas (independent, 2007) New York-based guitarist Raphael Brunn plays Flamenco Spanish-style. While many US-based guitarists who claim to play Flamenco…
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Opening the Curtain
Csurgó Zenekar – Folk Music From Hungary (ARC Music, 2008) Folk Dance Ensemble Vila – Music of Serbia (ARC Music, 2008) Csurgó Zenekar has researched…
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3 Na Massa (Nublu Records, 2008) Members of well known hip Brazilian bands got together in an attention-grabbing project called 3 Na Massa, which celebrates…
View More Fashionable Lounge for Uncensored ConversationsA Legend from the Venezuelan Plains
Vidal Colmenares …Otro Llano (Cacao Música, 2006) Música Llanera is the folk music of the Venezuelan plains, Venezuelan cowboy music. Cacao Music has released a…
View More A Legend from the Venezuelan PlainsToumani’s Mande Variations
Toumani Diabate The Mande Variations (Nonesuch, 2008) Son of Sidiki Diabate, one the most celebrated kora players , Toumani Diabate has blazed a career worthy…
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Rupa & The April Fishes Extraordinary Rendition (Cumbancha, 2008) The San Francisco-based Rupa & The April Fishes’ release of their debut recording Extraordinary Rendition on…
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Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungarian Gypsies (World Music Network, 2008) As the interest in Gypsy (Roma) music increases, labels have…
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Grupo Fantasma – Comes Alive (Airesol Records ASCD007, 2006) Brownout – Homenaje (Freestyle Records FSRCD033, 2007) Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada – The Alchemist…
View More Austin’s PowersReissue CDs Revisit Wildly Infectious Rhythms
On the eve of famed Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s upcoming 20-city tour this summer with guitarist Steve Kimock, bassist George Porter, Jr.,vocalist Jen Durkin…
View More Reissue CDs Revisit Wildly Infectious RhythmsCelebrating Ecuador’s Mestizo Culture
Alex Alvear Equatorial (Colorao Music, 2006) Ecuadorian guitarist celebrates the three cultures that define Ecuadorian culture. On the outstanding Equatorial, Alvear treats the ears with…
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