Levin Chen Devocean (Ying Yang Records, 2007) Virtuoso Taiwanese-American guitarist Levin Chen has recorded a fascinating album that combines Chinese folk, rock, blues, classical music…
Spellbinding Chen
Category: Album reviews
Israel Minus Analysis
Various Artists Israel Putumayo PUT 268-2, 2007) Viewed as a constantly troubled, dangerous country, an idyllic land as depicted in recent TV commercials promoting tourism…
Yo-Yo Ma’s Fabulous Fantasy
Yo-Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya New Impossibilities (Sony Classical, 2007) Sparked by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma‘s…
Red Feather Woman Preserves Ancient Culture
Red Feather Woman – Distant Drums (Blatz Music, 2007) Red Feather Woman – The Keepers of the Earth (Blatz Music, 2006) Most of the Native…
Musical Ruminations On Rumi
Gulizar Turkish Music Ensemble – Music of the Whirling Dervishes (ARC Music EUCD 2086, 2007) Shahram Nazeri and Hafez Nazeri – The Passion of Rumi…
Breathing Sitar
Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale Breathing Under Water (Mahattan Records/EMI, 2007) The 25-year old Anoushka Shankar continues her explorations of Indian music and global sounds…
Singer-Songwriter Surprises with Cutting Edge Guitar
Swati Small Gods (Bluhammock, 2007) Indian-American singer-songwriter Swati is a spectacular guitarist. Her latest album Small Gods focuses on her singer-songwriter side. The songs are…
Replicant Brozman
Bob Brozman Lumiere (World Music Network, 2007) The cover of the CD gives you an idea of what Bob Brozman is up to. He appears…
This Son is Your Son
Sones de México Esta Tierra Es Tuya (Sones de Mexico Ensemble, 2007) The most popular Mexican music in the United States is mariachi, norteño and…
Garifuna Passion
Various Artists From Bakabush, The First Ten Years Of Stonetree (Stonetree, 2005) If you heard about Garifuna music, but do not know how to get…