Various Artists Putumayo Presents: Latin Party (Putumayo, 2010) Putumayo’s compilation Latin Party is a great opportunity to sample some of best contemporary acts that blend…
Putumayo Presents: Latin Party
Category: Album reviews
Favorable Tide
Solas The Turning Tide (Compass Records 7-4530-2, 2010) The Turning Tide is the 2010 release by Solas, which is undoubtedly the finest Irish music band…
Highlife Klassics
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley The Klassiks of Ambolley (Simigwa Records, 2009) Guitarist, singer, composer and producer Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, known as the “Simigwa Do Man”, is one of…
Taking Good Care
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…
National Pride
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…
Curvy Blues
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…
Have a Nice Day
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…
Up With Downs
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…
Ethiopia’s Head Man
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…
Japanese Dub In Every Sense
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…