Various Artists Havana Masters Present… The Best of the Cuban Music Awards 2006 (Havana Masters FLOCD5, 2006) In the last few years you could almost…
The Best of the Cuban Music Awards 2006
Category: Album reviews
Think Inside the Globe
Th!nk Global: West Africa Unwired (World Music Network RGNET 1169CD, 2006) Th!nk Global: Bellydance (World Music Network RGNET 1161CD, 2006) These releases remind me a…
Songs from the Shetland Isles by Shoormal
Review by Hugh McKay. Shoormal Turning Tide (Greentrax Records, 2006 What can I say about this album? As it turns out there’s so much to…
Tony Allen Back on the Beat
Tony Allen Lagos No Shaking (Honest Jon’s Records HJRCD20, 2006) Tony Allen, Africa’s finest drumset player and right hand man to Fela Kuti in the…
Take 2 CDs and Call the Doc in the Morning: A Musical Cure for Insomnia
Dr. Andrew Weil’s Music for Self-Healing Relax & De-Stress Music selected and designed by Joshua Leeds Sounds True Anders Rogg & Audun Myskja Videre (Moving…
Nice Going
Azouhouni I Gotta Go (Zohore Records ZR0405, 2005) An exceptionally good melding of jazz and African rhythms here. Azouhouni Adou, a native of Ivory Coast…
Spirit of Kora
Mamadou Diabate – Heritage (World Village 468064, 2006) Seckou Keita Quartet – Afro-Mandinka Soul (ARC Music EUCD 2028, 2006) Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra – Boulevard…
Heart Wrenching Malian Blues
Ali Farka Touré Savane (World Circuit/Nonesuch Records, 2006) With his death at 67 in March of 2006, Ali Farka Touré left behind more than a…
Persian Roots Transformed into a World of Stratospheric Sensuality
Azam Ali Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records, 2006) Born in Iran and raised in India and the United States, Azam Ali is familiar…
Quiet Graceful Voice
Susana Baca Travesías (Luaka Bop, 2006) The hauntingly precious vocals of Peru’s Susana Baca are always a treat, but her latest release Travesías is especially…