Claude Hay Deep Fried Satisfied (Ingot Rock, 2010) If I had to guess the only box Claude Hay ever put himself in was one that…
Deep Fried Blues
Category: Album reviews
Mysterious Duality
Jayanthi Kumaresh Mysterious Duality Just Me (EarthSync, 2010) Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh’s Mysterious Duality, out on the EarthSync label, is one giant leap into the ethereal…
Drums Are Medicine
Tony Vacca The Senegal-America Project (World Rhythms WR0601, 2006) Master drummer Tony Vacca brings together an impressive collection of American and Senegalese musicians in the…
More Lightness Comes to Light
Tabu Ley Rochereau The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993 (Sterns Africa STCD 3056-57, 2010) Only once did I get to see Tabu…
Nice But Slim Pickings
The pickPocket ensemble Memory (the pickPocket Ensemble, 2010) Their hands commit no acts of larceny in other people’s trousers. Rather, the pickPocket ensemble (punctuation theirs),…
Inspiration in a Heavily Realm
Paul Winter Consort Miho, Journey to the Mountain (Living Music LMU-42, 2010) Renowned saxophonist and composer Paul Winter has the ability of recruiting some of…
Sufi Song of the South
Nagore Sessions (EarthSync ES0029, 2008) Nagore is near to where southern India comes to a tip, and the Sufi culture there thrives despite being far…
It’s a Little Earth After All
Rahim AlHaj Little Earth (UR Music UR005, 2010) Master oud (Arabic lute) player and composer Rahim AlHaj was imprisoned in and eventually kicked out of…
Welcome to His Dub Village
Jah Wobble Welcome to My World (2010) World traveler and sound explorer Jah Wobble introduces the listener to his latest discoveries on his latest recording…
Chavela Vargas and Her Friends
Chavela Vargas ¡Por mi culpa! (Discos Corason/Nuevos Medios NM 15920CD, 2010) Chavela Vargas, Mexico’s living legend, has a new recording. For decades, Chavela’s ardent boleros…