Category: Album reviews

Very Be Careful Escape Room (Barbes Records, 2010) Be very careful that you don’t label Los Angeles-based Very Be Careful a world music band. They’re…

Razia Zebu Nation (Cumbancha CMB CD 16, 2010) It would be a dirty shame to see an environment and ecosystem as unique as that of…

Moreland & Arbuckle Flood (Telarc International, 2010) Guitarist Aaron Moreland’s and singer/harpist Dustin Arbuckle’s recording Flood, out on Telarc International, has got more curves than…

Meklit Hadero On A Day Like This… (Porto Franco Records PFR 015, 2010) Close your eyes as you listen to this debut CD by Ethiopian-born…

Lila Downs Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en Paris – Live a FIP (World Village WVF479027, 2010) Words like “eclectic” and “versatile” don’t begin to…

Mulatu Astatke Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut 056CD, 2010) Ethiopian music has seen quite a resurgence in recent years and many good things have resulted. For…

Jah Wobble and the Nippon Dub Ensemble Japanese Dub (30 Hertz Records; 30hzcd31, 2010) The great British world beat and global electronica innovator Jah Wobble…

Tomoko Sugawara Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo (Motema Music, 2010) The type of harp that Tomoko Sugawara plays on…