Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades Vol. 1 167-1968 (East Meets West Music, 2010) Okay, if you were Ravi Shankar and you, family and…
The Real Ravi Shankar
Category: Album reviews
Windward Folk Orchestra
Sondeseu Folk Orchestra Barlovento (Do Fol, 2010) Sondeseu is one of the leading folk orchestras in Europe. A folk orchestra is a large ensemble (similar…
Colombia’s Afrobeat
Various Artists Palenque Palenque! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 (Soundway Records, 2010) This outstanding collection reveals the new hybrid Afro Colombian music…
Taino Memories
Irka Mateo Anacaona (1999) Dominican musician and researcher Irka Mateo has been studying Taino culture for years. The Tainos were the indigenous people living in…
Good Times for Sergio Mendes
Sergio Mendes Bom Tempo (Concord Records CRE-31575-02, 2010) After an overwhelming presence of America rappers in previous albums, Sergio Mendes has sought the assistance of…
Cooking Chilean Cumbia
Chico Trujillo Chico De Oro (Barbes Records, 2010) It’s Colombia that usually gets the credit for being the epicenter of cumbia and while that South…
Playing for Change Live Experience
Playing for Change Live (Playing for Change Records/Concord PFC-31974-00) The Playing for Change phenomenon was taken to the road and the result is the live…
Echoes of Senegal
Various Artists Senegal – Echo Musical (Syllart, 2010) Senegal – Echo Musical is part of the African Pearls collection that is bringing back the…
South Africa As Is and As It Was
Putumayo Presents South Africa (Putumayo PUT 301-2, 2010) Next Stop… Soweto: Township Sounds From The Golden Age Of Mbaqanga (Strut STRUT054CD, 2010) Next Stop… Soweto…
Still Making a Difference
Salif Keita La Différence (Emarcy Records/Decca, 2010) Mali has given the world so many great musicians that it’s difficult to point out one who could…