Daoud & Saleh Al-Kuwaity – Their Star Shall Never Fade (Magda MGD054, 2006) This double CD is a collection of rare recordings by masters of…
Daoud & Saleh Al-Kuwaity, Their Star Shall Never Fade
Category: Album reviews
Stellamara, A Ripe Blend of the Mysteries of East and West
Stellamara The Seven Valleys (World Class – Valley Entertainment, 2006) Stellamara is an intricate web of the combined talents of Sonja Drakulich, Gari Hegedus, Susu…
African Explorers
Euforquestra Explorations in Afrobeat (Euforquestra Productions, 2006) Think hard… when was the last time you heard a bunch of guys from the midwestern US combine…
A Master of the Slide Guitar
Lee Roy Parnell Back to the Well (Universal South, 2006) I’m not too thrilled about the music coming out of the major record labels in…
Reem Kelani’s Vocals, a Force of Nature
Reem Kelani Sprinting Gazelle – Palestinian Songs from the Motherland and the Diaspora (Fuse Records, 2006) The opening notes from “As Nazarene Women Crossed the…
Gigi’s Gold and Wax, Amharic Delight
Gigi – Gold and Wax (Palm Pictures, 2006) Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw’s anticipated follow-up CD to Gigi, entitled Gold and Wax, is a quick and bright…
Kentucky Roads, Take Us Home
Author: by Patty-Lynne Herlevi John Jacob Niles – An Evening with (Tradition/Empire Musicwerks, 2006) Although I have never heard of the Kentucky native folk singer…
In the Midnight Hour
Various Artists Midnight in Mali (Stern’s Africa STCD 1102, 2006) No stage would be big enough to hold every single master musician from Mali if…
Bossa’n Beatles
by Patty-Lynne Herlevi Rita Lee Bossa’n Beatles (Ghordomusic, 2006) I like listening to Brazilian bossa nova throughout the year, but especially in the summertime. And…
Following the Atlas Path
Anath Rapture (Red lullaby, 2006) Israeli singer Anath brings her Tunisian roots to her music on her new five song EP on CD, titled Rapture.…