Keola Beamer Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow) (Dancing Cat, 2007) Guitarists or everyday guitar junkies might want to take a…
Keola Beamer Goes Classical
Category: Album reviews
Finnish Inner Peace
Sanaton, Music for inner Peace, Vol. 1 (Aito Records, 2006) The Helsinki Day Spa and Aito Records have teamed up and put the sounds of…
Evocative Seasons of Violet
Rim Banna Seasons of Violet (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2007) While working on the famed Lullabies from the Axis of Evil, KKV producer Erik Hillestad was struck…
Magnificent Celtic Orchestra
SonDeSeu Trastempo (Fundación SonDeSeu, 2007) One of the most beautiful Celtic albums I’ve heard in a long time is this Cd by Galician ensemble SonDeSeu.…
New Acoustic Sand Box
Darol Anger & Mike Marshall – Woodshop (Adventure Music AMA1037 2, 2007) Longtime acoustic music collaborators, Darol Anger (violin) and Mike Marshall (mandolin) have recorded…
Star Studded Flamencópolis
Various Artists Flamencópolis (Universal Music Latino, 2006) This compilation contains fabulous collaborations between Flamenco artists and some of the biggest names in world music and…
Say You Want a Revolucion
Jose Conde y Ola Fresca Revolucion (Pipiki Records/Mr Bongo MRBCD054, 2007) Like any genre, Latin music has fallen into its share of formulaic ruts. But…
Flamenco’s New Generations
Various Artists The Rough Guide to Flamenco (World Music Network RGNET1189CD, 2007) One CD does not do justice to Flamenco. However this Rough Guide compilation…
An African Soul from the North
Ashley Maher Flying Over Bridges (Spin Wild, 2007) Ashley Maher is Canadian, but her musical passion is West African music. The singer-songwriter combines jazzy English…
Grooving’ to Electro Vodou
Erol Josué Régléman (Mi5 Recordings, 2007) The Haitian diaspora has been introducing western audiences to different forms of Afro-Haitian music in the past decades. Although…