Družina Tragare (Indies Records, 2006) Družina (The Suite) is a Slovak progressive folk band formed by folklorists, jazzmen and rockers. Their first CD, self titled…
Slovak Folk Rockers Recreate Live Concert Feel
Category: Album reviews
Gimmie That Old Time Juju
King Sunny Ade – Gems from the Classic Years 1967-1974 (Shanachie SH66041, 2007) Sometime in the summer of 1983 I walked into Main Street Records…
Soaring Ney
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Tree of Patience (Alif Records, 2006) Multi-instrumentalist and ney master Omar Faruk Tekbilek has returned with a new solo recording accompanied by…
Life by Ijahlar, Roots Reggae
Ijahlar Life (2007) For most of us here in North America, Spring is here and soon the weather will be turning to fair skies and…
Afro-Latin Round Trips
Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca – Isabela (Mopiato Music MOPI-2, 2007) Papa Noël – Cafe Noir (Tumi Music TUMI 141, 2007) With the symbiosis between…
Lounge Discoveries
Various Artists The Departure Lounge – Grooves EMI is distributing a collection of lounge music CDs produced by Petrol Records. Although I find a lot…
Bodega Rock Me
Bodega Bodega (Greentrax CDTRAX295, 2006) Bodega is one of the new sensations in Scottish music. The group is formed by young talented musicians who play…
The Breathing of the World by Rob Silvan
Rob Silvan The Breathing of the World (Sky Hook Music, 2007) April is National Poetry Month in the United States, which makes the latest release…
20 Years on the Circuit
World Circuit Presents … (World Circuit WCD 076, 2007) Ibrahim Ferrer – Mi Sueño (World Circuit WCD 077, 2007) If you only own one CD…
A Flamenco Soul in France
Sylvie Paz Tirititrán (self release, 2007) Sylvia Paz is a French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin, based in Marseilles. For many years, she was…