THA Tribe Best of Both Worlds – World 2 (Canyon Records) The follow up to THA Tribe’s Best of Both Worlds, simply titled, Best of…
Hip-Hop Beats with Old Style Pow-Wow Songs
Category: Album reviews
Charlie Gillett’s World 2002
Various Artists World 2002 (compilation) (Narada Records) Name your favorite artist, favorite instrument and chances are it is represented on this compilation CD (2 discs).…
Tango’s Revenge
Gotan Project La Revancha del Tango (Ya Basta! Records) The late Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla has left his musical mark on various Latin and…
Cybertropic Chilango Power
Los De Abajo Cybertropic Chilango Power (Luaka Bop Records) As far as I’m concerned, former Talking Heads member, David Byrne has good taste. He has…
Dance-house Beats and Celtic Mysticism Meets Africa
Afro Celt Sound System Volume 3: Further In Time (Real World/Narada Records) The international super group Afro Celt Sound System offer us a feast of…
Sheila Chandra’s Indipop Retrospective
Sheila Chandra The Indipop Retrospective (Narada) At age sixteen, East Indian-Irish actress and pop singer, Sheila Chandra embarked on what would turn out to be…
Pop Sensibility Married to Tropicalia Sex Appeal
Cibelle Cibelle (Six Degrees Records) Sao Paulista Cibelle’s debut release, Cibelle (pronounced see-BELL-ee) although worlds apart, some how reflects a Kate Bush pop sensibility married…
Cold Storage Reggae
Instigators – Living Gift (I-Sight Records ISR-101, 2005) Urban Tribe – Who is the Enemy? (Adam Atterby Musikproduktion, 2006) I continually marvel at the far-reaching…
Salsas and Salaams
The Rough Guide to Latin Arabia (World Music Network RGNET 1175CD, 2006) The connections between Latin and Arabic music should come as no surprise. The…
Rachid Taha’s Unexpected Lyrical Return to the Music of his Childhood
Rachid Taha Diwan 2 (Wrasse Records Wrass181, 2006) After almost non-stop rocking and rolling around the globe for the past two years, a serious-looking Rachid…