Various Artists – Lagos Chop Up (Honest Jon’s Records HJR CD15, 2005) Various Artists – Lagos All Routes (Honest Jon’s Records HJR CD17, 2005) Nigeria…
All Roads Lead to Lagos
Category: Album reviews
Gypsy Cool
Kal is a new hip Gypsy band from Serbia. This band is truly hot and reached the top of the European World Music Charts…
The New Alternative Latin and Reggaeton Sounds
Charanga Cakewalk’s latest recording, Chicano Zen, combines Mexican, Texan and American sounds, including cumbia, rancheras, son jarocho with neolounge electronic music and world sounds.…
Arabsolutes
Le Trio Joubran – Randana (Fairplay/Randana FP500, 2006) The Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble – The Songs of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh: Soul of a People (Xauen…
Old and New Native America
Johnny Whitehorse – Johnny Whitehorse (Silver Wave Records SD943, 2006) Various Artists – Waila! (Canyon Records Cr-6085, 2005) and The American Indians play Waila (Canyon…
Chosen Music
Maurice El Medioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez – Descarga Oriental (Piranha CDPIR2003, 2006) The Afro-Semitic Experience – Plea for Peace (Reckless DC Music RMCD-1052, 2005) Think…
Alexander’s Reggaetime Band
Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley (Telarc CD-83635, 2006) This isn’t the first time Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander has jazzed up reggae…
Early Music Branches Out
Rolf Lislevand Nuove musiche (ECM/Universal Classics, 2006) Rolf Lislevand’s Nuove musiche (music of 17th century Italy adapted and arranged by Lislevand), grabs listeners from the…
Back in Fighting Form
UB40 Who You Fighting for? (Rhino R2 73305, 2006) I wasn’t ready to write off UB40. True, they hadn’t made a really good album in…
Good to See Ya, Tanzania
Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania (World Music Network RGNET 1158 CD, 2006) A quick scan through my hopelessly disorganized collection…