Lau Live (Compass Records, 2008) From Scotland comes yet another group of outstanding instrumentalists. Lau‘s latest CD, titled Live, captures the energy and enchantment of…
Lau Captured Live
Category: Album reviews
Chants From The Kingdom Of Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga has been in the news lately because of the coronation of the new king, which took place at the end of…
Celebrating Gordon’s Musical Treasure
Various Artists A Celebration of the Music of Gordon Duncan, A National Treasure (Greentrax, 2008) In 2007 Scottish musicians got together to celebrate the music…
Contemporary Nunavut Winds
Tanya Tagaq Auk/Blood (Ipecac Records, 2008) After the 2005 release of her first debut CD Sinaa, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq continues to dazzle audiences…
Magically Mesmerizing World Fusion
Mawwal This Is All There Is There Is No Other Place (Ancient Records, 2008) Following up on their debut CD entitled Black Flies, Mawwal is…
Mutual Respect
El Lebrijano Cuando Lebrijano Canta Se Moja El Agua (Rosevil, 2008) Juan Peña "El Lebrijano" is a living legend among Flamenco singers. Even though he…
Accordion Groovemaster
Sharon Shannon – Live at Dolans (2006) and Renegade (2007) Two CDs by Sharon Shannon, the queen of Irish accordion music, are now out…
A Breath of Fresh Mongolian Grasslands
Hanggai – Introducing Hanggai (World Music Network, 2008) I’m always elated to hear a group of musicians rediscovering a lost or faded musical tradition, and…
Old, Gold and Still Bold
The Rough Guide to Calypso Gold (World Music Network RGNET 1213, 2008) I was okay with calypso morphing into soca back in the ‘80s, but…
Issa’s Musical Charms
Issa Bagayogo Mali Koura (Six Degrees, 2008) Fans who have been sadly staring into space awaiting Malian singer and n’goni player Issa Bagayogo‘s his next…