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Category: Album reviews

Loko Gasy - Mifankatiava cover artwork. A photo of the quartet.
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Loko Gasy Brings Together Regional Madagascan Traditions on ‘Mifankatiava’

Angel Romero October 24, 2025 No Comments Loko GasyMadagascan musicMadagascarworld music

Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava (AudioMaze, 2025) Antananarivo quartet Loko Gasy has a new album, Mifankatiava (Love each other). The highly talented group, founded in 2023…

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The album cover for Radio Sevdah by Divanhana features a glowing white heart-shaped flame set against a swirling night sky filled with star trails. At the center, a band of the Milky Way cuts through the darkness. The band’s name and album title appear below in modern lettering.
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Tuning Into the Heart of Sarajevo: Divanhana’s Radio Sevdah

Madison Quinn October 23, 2025 No Comments Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian musicsevdahworld music

Divanhana – Radio Sevdah (CPL-Music, 2025) When Radio Sevdah begins, it feels like stepping into a warmly lit kitchen filled with familiar voices. The static…

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The album cover for La Noche by Radio Tarifa features a painting dominated by black and gold brushstrokes with hints of red. The dynamic figure at the center is set against a beige grid-like background. The left side displays the text “RADIO TARIFA” and “LA NOCHE” in bold white and orange lettering on a solid black panel.
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Radio Tarifa Lights The Dark On ‘La noche’

Angel Romero October 22, 2025 No Comments FlamencoRadio TarifaSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Radio Tarifa – La noche (Buda, 2025) Radio Tarifa, now the duo of multi-instrumentalists Faín Sánchez Dueñas and Vincent Molino, returns many years later with…

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The cover of A Piece of Infinity by Meklit features a black-and-white portrait of the artist overlaid with the repeated word “INFINITY” in a grid-like pattern. Her name, MEKLIT, appears boldly at the bottom in large white capital letters, while the album title sits above her head in smaller text.
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A Piece of Infinity, Meklit’s Smithsonian Folkways Debut

Madison Quinn October 21, 2025 No Comments Ethiopian musicMeklitworld music

Meklit – A Piece of Infinity (Smithsonian Folkways, 2025) Meklit will release A Piece of Infinity, her first album for Smithsonian Folkways, on September 26.…

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The album cover for O Rom – Radio Rom features curved typography that fills the top half, spelling out the album’s title in large red, teal, yellow, and black letters. Below, six stylized figures, dressed in patterned, colorful outfits, form a lively circle dance, with one musician strumming a guitar.
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‘O Rom’s “Radio Rom” Dials Up Southern Italian Melting Pot

Madison Quinn October 20, 2025 No Comments ‘O RomItalian musicworld fusionworld music

‘O Rom – Radio Rom (Phonotype Records, 2025) I pressed play, expecting a postcard from Naples, and heard a joyful traveling station. Radio Rom recounts…

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The album cover for Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 by Woody Guthrie features a vintage reel-to-reel tape recorder with tangled wires in front, placed beside a small stack of boxed tapes. The background is dark, making the bold white text of Guthrie’s name and album title stand out clearly above the retro equipment.
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The American Spirit: Unheard Woody Guthrie Recordings Released

Ryan Emmert October 18, 2025 No Comments American folk musicWoody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie – Woody At Home — Volumes 1 & 2 (Shamus Records, 2025) A two-volume archival set, Woody At Home — Volumes 1 &…

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Erin Ruth - Traditions & Original Work cover artwork. A side profile of the artist wearing a hat.
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Erin Ruth’s Traditions & Original Work

Angel Romero October 15, 2025 No Comments American folk musicCeltic musicErin Ruthworld music

Erin Ruth – Traditions & Original Work (2025) San Francisco-based singer-songwriter and delightful vocalist Erin Ruth has released Traditions & Original Work, an album that…

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The album cover for "Ritual" by Léo Leobons features a collage of broken and scattered fragments in earthy and metallic tones, overlaid with bold, angular typography spelling “Ritual.” At the center, a grayscale square shows a side profile of the artist’s face, partly obscured by shadow.
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Ritual, A Masterful Work of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Music

Angel Romero October 14, 2025 No Comments Afro-BrazilianAfrocubanCuban musicLéo Leobonspercussionworld music

Léo Leobons – Ritual (Kaxambu Records, 2018) If you are into Cuban and Brazilian percussion, Ritual by Léo Leobons is a real treat. Ritual is…

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The album cover for Alborada by Pipo Romero features the artist standing in a golden field surrounded by rugged rocks under a dusky sky. He wears a beige trench coat and looks to his left, illuminated by soft, amber light. Multiple faint images of him trail behind. The album title ALBORADA appears in large, bold orange letters across the top, with his name in smaller text below it.
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Pipo Romero Elegantly Mixes Flamenco, Americana, and Electronics

Angel Romero October 13, 2025 No Comments FlamencoPipo RomeroSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Pipo Romero – Alborada (self-release, 2025) Spanish guitarist-composer Pipo Romero has released Alborada, his fourth studio album. The record centers on Romero’s elegant, inventive and…

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José Campaña - Mar de la vergüenza cover artwork. the artist playing guitar over an orange-yellow collage.
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José Campaña’s Mar De La Vergüenza: Flamenco, Jazz, And World Music With A Social Edge

Angel Romero October 9, 2025 No Comments FlamencoJosé Campañaworld fusionworld music

José Campaña – Mar de la vergüenza (2022) Spanish flamenco guitarist José Campaña released Mar de la vergüenza (“Sea of Shame”) in 2022. He brought…

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